#C551BF#C551BF

#C551BF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.196 H 329.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C551BF
RGB	rgb(197, 81, 191)
HSL	hsl(303, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(303, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, 60.02, -36.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 70.02, 329.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% 0.1694 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.196 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3721, 21.5191, 51.5707)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C551BF #51C557

analogous

#9151C5 #C551BF #C55185

triadic

#C551BF #BFC551 #51BFC5

tetradic

#C551BF #C59151 #51C557 #5185C5

square

#C551BF #C59151 #51C557 #5185C5

split-complementary

#C551BF #85C551 #51C591

monochromatic

#752771 #A3369D #C551BF #D47FD0 #E4ADE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#C551BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#C551BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C551BF

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C551BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C551BF	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4876C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E85BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c551bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 81, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.196 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d988d2',
    500: '#c551bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c551bf;
$custom-light: #d988d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c551bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.103,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62449,
    "c": 0.19619,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C551BF

secondary

#A0D1A3

accent

#DA554E

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C551BF

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

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