#C551DE#C551DE

#C551DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.223 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C551DE
RGB	rgb(197, 81, 222)
HSL	hsl(289, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(289, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 63.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, 65.54, -51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 83.19, 321.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% 0.1711 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.223 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1516, 23.0310, 71.4762)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C551DE #6ADE51

analogous

#7F51DE #C551DE #DE51B0

triadic

#C551DE #DEC551 #51DEC5

tetradic

#C551DE #DE7F51 #6ADE51 #51B0DE

square

#C551DE #DE7F51 #6ADE51 #51B0DE

split-complementary

#C551DE #B0DE51 #51DE7F

monochromatic

#821D98 #AE27CB #C551DE #D684E8 #E7B8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C551DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#C551DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C551DE

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C551DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C551DE	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#297CE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D88DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c551de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 81, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.223 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da89e9',
    500: '#c551de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c551de;
$custom-light: #da89e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c551de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.362,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64121,
    "c": 0.22299,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C551DE

secondary

#B4E1AA

accent

#EB3D5C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C551DE

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

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