#C551EE#C551EE

#C551EE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.237 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C551EE
RGB	rgb(197, 81, 238)
HSL	hsl(284, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(284, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 66%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, 68.59, -58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 90.32, 319.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% 0.1707 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.237 316)
XYZ	xyz(41.3986, 23.9298, 83.3105)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C551EE #7AEE51

analogous

#7651EE #C551EE #EE51C9

triadic

#C551EE #EEC551 #51EEC5

tetradic

#C551EE #EE7651 #7AEE51 #51C9EE

square

#C551EE #EE7651 #7AEE51 #51C9EE

split-complementary

#C551EE #C9EE51 #51EE76

monochromatic

#8911B3 #B219E9 #C551EE #D889F3 #EAC1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#C551EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#C551EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C551EE

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C551EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C551EE	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#508AEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c551ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 81, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.237 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8af4',
    500: '#c551ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c551ee;
$custom-light: #da8af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c551ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.331,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65072,
    "c": 0.23744,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.23928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C551EE

secondary

#C0EAB1

accent

#DF073F

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FBF0FE

border

#D4CBD6

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C551EE

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

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