#C851C8#C851C8

#C851C8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.205 H 327.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C851C8
RGB	rgb(200, 81, 200)
HSL	hsl(300, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(300, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.38, 62.32, -39.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.38, 73.96, 327.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% 0.1735 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.205 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1866, 22.3367, 56.9851)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C851C8 #51C851

analogous

#8C51C8 #C851C8 #C8518C

triadic

#C851C8 #C8C851 #51C8C8

tetradic

#C851C8 #C88C51 #51C851 #518CC8

square

#C851C8 #C88C51 #51C851 #518CC8

split-complementary

#C851C8 #8CC851 #51C88C

monochromatic

#792679 #A735A7 #C851C8 #D780D7 #E5AEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#C851C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#C851C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C851C8

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C851C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C851C8	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4378CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C88C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c851c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 81, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.205 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc89d9',
    500: '#c851c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c851c8;
$custom-light: #dc89d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c851c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63312,
    "c": 0.20539,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C851C8

secondary

#A1D3A1

accent

#DB4C4C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C851C8

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

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