#C511E2#C511E2

#C511E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.280 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C511E2
RGB	rgb(197, 17, 226)
HSL	hsl(292, 86%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(292, 92%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 92.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.21, 83.85, -62.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.21, 104.85, 323.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% 0.2175 -0.177)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.28 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9523, 17.7643, 73.4193)
Luminance	0.1776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C511E2 #2EE211

analogous

#5D11E2 #C511E2 #E21196

triadic

#C511E2 #E2C511 #11E2C5

tetradic

#C511E2 #E25D11 #2EE211 #1196E2

square

#C511E2 #E25D11 #2EE211 #1196E2

split-complementary

#C511E2 #96E211 #11E25D

monochromatic

#620870 #930DA9 #C511E2 #D840F1 #E479F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#C511E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#C511E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C511E2

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C511E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C511E2	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#367ADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c511e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 17, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.280 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc72ec',
    500: '#c511e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c511e2;
$custom-light: #dc72ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c511e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.675,
    "s": 86.008,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60015,
    "c": 0.28041,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C511E2

secondary

#81DC73

accent

#FC2C49

background

#FEF7FE

surface

#FCEEFD

border

#D5C9D5

text

#160A16

muted

#847C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C511E2

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

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