#C451FF#C451FF

#C451FF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.253 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C451FF
RGB	rgb(196, 81, 255)
HSL	hsl(280, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(280, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 68.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.92, 71.75, -66.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.92, 98.01, 317.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% 0.1682 -0.1886)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.253 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.7540, 24.8418, 97.0784)
Luminance	0.2484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C451FF #8CFF51

analogous

#6D51FF #C451FF #FF51E3

triadic

#C451FF #FFC451 #51FFC4

tetradic

#C451FF #FF6D51 #8CFF51 #51E3FF

square

#C451FF #FF6D51 #8CFF51 #51E3FF

split-complementary

#C451FF #E3FF51 #51FF6D

monochromatic

#8D00D6 #AF14FF #C451FF #D98EFF #EECBFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#C451FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#C451FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C451FF

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C451FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C451FF	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0083FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C8BFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD76A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c451ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 81, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.253 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8aff',
    500: '#c451ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c451ff;
$custom-light: #da8aff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c451ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.655,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66023,
    "c": 0.25271,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C451FF

secondary

#CDF3B9

accent

#E6004E

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FBF0FF

border

#D4CBD7

text

#150C18

muted

#837D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #C451FF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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