#C551DD#C551DD

#C551DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.222 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C551DD
RGB	rgb(197, 81, 221)
HSL	hsl(290, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(290, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 63.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 65.36, -50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 82.75, 322.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% 0.1711 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.222 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0180, 22.9775, 70.7725)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C551DD #69DD51

analogous

#7F51DD #C551DD #DD51AF

triadic

#C551DD #DDC551 #51DDC5

tetradic

#C551DD #DD7F51 #69DD51 #51AFDD

square

#C551DD #DD7F51 #69DD51 #51AFDD

split-complementary

#C551DD #AFDD51 #51DD7F

monochromatic

#821D96 #AE27C9 #C551DD #D684E7 #E7B7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C551DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#C551DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C551DD

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C551DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C551DD	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A7CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E88DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c551dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 81, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.222 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da89e8',
    500: '#c551dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c551dd;
$custom-light: #da89e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c551dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.714,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64063,
    "c": 0.2221,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C551DD

secondary

#B3E0AA

accent

#EA3E5B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C551DD

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

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