#C551BC#C551BC

#C551BC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.194 H 330.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C551BC
RGB	rgb(197, 81, 188)
HSL	hsl(305, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(305, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 4.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, 59.52, -34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 68.81, 329.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% 0.169 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.194 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0453, 21.3884, 49.8497)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C551BC #51C55A

analogous

#9451C5 #C551BC #C55182

triadic

#C551BC #BCC551 #51BCC5

tetradic

#C551BC #C59451 #51C55A #5182C5

square

#C551BC #C59451 #51C55A #5182C5

split-complementary

#C551BC #82C551 #51C594

monochromatic

#75276F #A3369A #C551BC #D47FCE #E4ADDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#C551BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#C551BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C551BC

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C551BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C551BC	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A75BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7085B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c551bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 81, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.194 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d988d0',
    500: '#c551bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c551bc;
$custom-light: #d988d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c551bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.655,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.623,
    "c": 0.19373,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C551BC

secondary

#A0D1A4

accent

#DA594E

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C551BC

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

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