#C551CC#C551CC

#C551CC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.207 H 325.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C551CC
RGB	rgb(197, 81, 204)
HSL	hsl(297, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(297, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 60.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, 62.27, -42.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 75.39, 325.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% 0.1705 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.207 325.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8666, 22.1170, 59.4422)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C551CC #58CC51

analogous

#8751CC #C551CC #CC5195

triadic

#C551CC #CCC551 #51CCC5

tetradic

#C551CC #CC8751 #58CC51 #5195CC

square

#C551CC #CC8751 #58CC51 #5195CC

split-complementary

#C551CC #95CC51 #51CC87

monochromatic

#79257E #A633AD #C551CC #D580DA #E5B0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#C551CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#C551CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C551CC

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C551CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C551CC	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E78D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6887C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c551cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 81, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.207 325.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da89dc',
    500: '#c551cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c551cc;
$custom-light: #da89dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c551cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.585,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63122,
    "c": 0.20716,
    "h": 325.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C551CC

secondary

#A6D6A3

accent

#DE4A52

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C551CC

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

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