#C551E4#C551E4

#C551E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.228 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C551E4
RGB	rgb(197, 81, 228)
HSL	hsl(287, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(287, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 64.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.44, 66.67, -54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.44, 85.84, 320.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% 0.171 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.228 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9701, 23.3583, 75.7869)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C551E4 #70E451

analogous

#7B51E4 #C551E4 #E451B9

triadic

#C551E4 #E4C551 #51E4C5

tetradic

#C551E4 #E47B51 #70E451 #51B9E4

square

#C551E4 #E47B51 #70E451 #51B9E4

split-complementary

#C551E4 #B9E451 #51E47B

monochromatic

#8519A2 #B021D7 #C551E4 #D786EC #E8BBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#C551E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#C551E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C551E4

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C551E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C551E4	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E7DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5989E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c551e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 81, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.228 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da89ed',
    500: '#c551e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c551e4;
$custom-light: #da89ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c551e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.347,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64471,
    "c": 0.22838,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C551E4

secondary

#B8E4AC

accent

#D5103A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C551E4

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

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