#C551E9#C551E9

#C551E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.233 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C551E9
RGB	rgb(197, 81, 233)
HSL	hsl(286, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(286, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 65.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, 67.63, -56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 88.07, 320.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% 0.1709 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.233 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6742, 23.6400, 79.4954)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C551E9 #75E951

analogous

#7951E9 #C551E9 #E951C1

triadic

#C551E9 #E9C551 #51E9C5

tetradic

#C551E9 #E97951 #75E951 #51C1E9

square

#C551E9 #E97951 #75E951 #51C1E9

split-complementary

#C551E9 #C1E951 #51E979

monochromatic

#8716AA #B21CE0 #C551E9 #D787F0 #E9BEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#C551E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#C551E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C551E9

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C551E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C551E9	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F7EEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5589E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c551e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 81, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.233 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8af1',
    500: '#c551e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c551e9;
$custom-light: #da8af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c551e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.789,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64769,
    "c": 0.2329,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C551E9

secondary

#BCE7AF

accent

#DA0C3D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C551E9

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

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