#C551E6#C551E6

#C551E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.230 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C551E6
RGB	rgb(197, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(287, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(287, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, 67.05, -55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 86.73, 320.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% 0.171 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.23 318)
XYZ	xyz(40.2493, 23.4700, 77.2576)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C551E6 #72E651

analogous

#7A51E6 #C551E6 #E651BD

triadic

#C551E6 #E6C551 #51E6C5

tetradic

#C551E6 #E67A51 #72E651 #51BDE6

square

#C551E6 #E67A51 #72E651 #51BDE6

split-complementary

#C551E6 #BDE651 #51E67A

monochromatic

#8618A5 #B11FDA #C551E6 #D787EE #E9BCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#C551E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#C551E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C551E6

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C551E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C551E6	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#197EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5789E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c551e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.230 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8aee',
    500: '#c551e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c551e6;
$custom-light: #da8aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c551e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.711,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64589,
    "c": 0.23018,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.23468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C551E6

secondary

#BAE5AD

accent

#D70E3B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C551E6

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

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