#C551BD#C551BD

#C551BD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.195 H 330.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C551BD
RGB	rgb(197, 81, 189)
HSL	hsl(304, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(304, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 4.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, 59.69, -35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 69.21, 329.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% 0.1691 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.195 330.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1535, 21.4317, 50.4194)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C551BD #51C559

analogous

#9351C5 #C551BD #C55183

triadic

#C551BD #BDC551 #51BDC5

tetradic

#C551BD #C59351 #51C559 #5183C5

square

#C551BD #C59351 #51C559 #5183C5

split-complementary

#C551BD #83C551 #51C593

monochromatic

#75276F #A3369B #C551BD #D47FCE #E4ADE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#C551BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#C551BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C551BD

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C551BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C551BD	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4975C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F85BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c551bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 81, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.195 330.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d988d1',
    500: '#c551bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c551bd;
$custom-light: #d988d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c551bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.138,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6235,
    "c": 0.19455,
    "h": 330.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C551BD

secondary

#A0D1A4

accent

#DA584E

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C551BD

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

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