#C551E8#C551E8

#C551E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.232 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C551E8
RGB	rgb(197, 81, 232)
HSL	hsl(286, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(286, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 65.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, 67.43, -55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 87.63, 320.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% 0.1709 -0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.232 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5318, 23.5830, 78.7452)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C551E8 #74E851

analogous

#7A51E8 #C551E8 #E851C0

triadic

#C551E8 #E8C551 #51E8C5

tetradic

#C551E8 #E87A51 #74E851 #51C0E8

square

#C551E8 #E87A51 #74E851 #51C0E8

split-complementary

#C551E8 #C0E851 #51E87A

monochromatic

#8616A8 #B21DDE #C551E8 #D787EF #E9BDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#C551E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#C551E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C551E8

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C551E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C551E8	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#137EEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5689E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c551e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 81, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.232 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8af0',
    500: '#c551e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c551e8;
$custom-light: #da8af0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c551e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.093,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64709,
    "c": 0.232,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C551E8

secondary

#BBE7AE

accent

#D90D3C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C551E8

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

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