#C551EB#C551EB

#C551EB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.235 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C551EB
RGB	rgb(197, 81, 235)
HSL	hsl(285, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(285, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 65.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, 68.01, -57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 88.97, 319.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% 0.1708 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.235 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9615, 23.7549, 81.0086)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C551EB #77EB51

analogous

#7851EB #C551EB #EB51C4

triadic

#C551EB #EBC551 #51EBC5

tetradic

#C551EB #EB7851 #77EB51 #51C4EB

square

#C551EB #EB7851 #77EB51 #51C4EB

split-complementary

#C551EB #C4EB51 #51EB78

monochromatic

#8814AE #B31AE5 #C551EB #D788F1 #EABFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#C551EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#C551EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C551EB

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C551EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C551EB	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#057FF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5389E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c551eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 81, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.235 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8af2',
    500: '#c551eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c551eb;
$custom-light: #da8af2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c551eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.195,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64889,
    "c": 0.23472,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C551EB

secondary

#BEE8B0

accent

#DC0A3E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C551EB

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

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