#C551ED#C551ED

#C551ED is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.237 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C551ED
RGB	rgb(197, 81, 237)
HSL	hsl(285, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(285, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 65.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, 68.40, -58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 89.87, 319.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% 0.1708 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.237 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2521, 23.8712, 82.5389)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C551ED #79ED51

analogous

#7751ED #C551ED #ED51C7

triadic

#C551ED #EDC551 #51EDC5

tetradic

#C551ED #ED7751 #79ED51 #51C7ED

square

#C551ED #ED7751 #79ED51 #51C7ED

split-complementary

#C551ED #C7ED51 #51ED77

monochromatic

#8912B1 #B31AE7 #C551ED #D788F3 #EAC0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#C551ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#C551ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C551ED

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C551ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C551ED	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5189E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c551ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 81, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.237 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8af3',
    500: '#c551ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c551ed;
$custom-light: #da8af3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c551ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.615,
    "s": 81.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65011,
    "c": 0.23654,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C551ED

secondary

#BFE9B0

accent

#DE083F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C551ED

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

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