#C551CE#C551CE

#C551CE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.209 H 324.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C551CE
RGB	rgb(197, 81, 206)
HSL	hsl(296, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(296, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 60.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.25, 62.62, -43.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.25, 76.24, 325.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% 0.1706 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.209 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1081, 22.2135, 60.7136)
Luminance	0.2221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C551CE #5ACE51

analogous

#8751CE #C551CE #CE5199

triadic

#C551CE #CEC551 #51CEC5

tetradic

#C551CE #CE8751 #5ACE51 #5199CE

square

#C551CE #CE8751 #5ACE51 #5199CE

split-complementary

#C551CE #99CE51 #51CE87

monochromatic

#7A2480 #A732B0 #C551CE #D581DB #E5B1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#C551CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#C551CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C551CE

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C551CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C551CE	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C79D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6787CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c551ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 81, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.209 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da89dd',
    500: '#c551ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c551ce;
$custom-light: #da89dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c551ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.68,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63229,
    "c": 0.2089,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C551CE

secondary

#A7D7A4

accent

#DF4853

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C551CE

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

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