#C851BD#C851BD

#C851BD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.196 H 331.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C851BD
RGB	rgb(200, 81, 189)
HSL	hsl(306, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(306, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 5.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, 60.47, -34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 69.54, 330.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% 0.1724 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.196 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9470, 21.8409, 50.4566)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C851BD #51C85C

analogous

#9751C8 #C851BD #C85182

triadic

#C851BD #BDC851 #51BDC8

tetradic

#C851BD #C89751 #51C85C #5182C8

square

#C851BD #C89751 #51C85C #5182C8

split-complementary

#C851BD #82C851 #51C897

monochromatic

#792671 #A7359C #C851BD #D780CF #E5AEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#C851BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#C851BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C851BD

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C851BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C851BD	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B76C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7287BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D05C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c851bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 81, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.196 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc89d1',
    500: '#c851bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c851bd;
$custom-light: #dc89d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c851bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.546,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62759,
    "c": 0.19636,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C851BD

secondary

#A1D3A6

accent

#DB5A4C

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C851BD

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

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