#C551D5#C551D5

#C551D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.215 H 322.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C551D5
RGB	rgb(197, 81, 213)
HSL	hsl(293, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(293, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 62%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, 63.88, -46.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 79.25, 323.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% 0.1709 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.215 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9774, 22.5613, 65.2923)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C551D5 #61D551

analogous

#8351D5 #C551D5 #D551A3

triadic

#C551D5 #D5C551 #51D5C5

tetradic

#C551D5 #D58351 #61D551 #51A3D5

square

#C551D5 #D58351 #61D551 #51A3D5

split-complementary

#C551D5 #A3D551 #51D583

monochromatic

#7E218A #AA2DBC #C551D5 #D582E1 #E6B4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#C551D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#C551D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C551D5

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C551D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C551D5	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#357AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6387D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8658C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c551d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 81, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.215 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da89e2',
    500: '#c551d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c551d5;
$custom-light: #da89e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c551d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.727,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63611,
    "c": 0.21501,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C551D5

secondary

#ADDBA6

accent

#E44457

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C551D5

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

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