#C851CB#C851CB

#C851CB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.208 H 326.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C851CB
RGB	rgb(200, 81, 203)
HSL	hsl(299, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(299, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 60.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, 62.84, -41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 75.20, 326.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% 0.1738 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.208 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5407, 22.4783, 58.8498)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C851CB #54CB51

analogous

#8B51CB #C851CB #CB5191

triadic

#C851CB #CBC851 #51CBC8

tetradic

#C851CB #CB8B51 #54CB51 #5191CB

square

#C851CB #CB8B51 #54CB51 #5191CB

split-complementary

#C851CB #91CB51 #51CB8B

monochromatic

#7A257C #A933AC #C851CB #D780D9 #E6AFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#C851CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#C851CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C851CB

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C851CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C851CB	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4179CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B88C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c851cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 81, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.208 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc89db',
    500: '#c851cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c851cb;
$custom-light: #dc89db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c851cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.525,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63469,
    "c": 0.2079,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C851CB

secondary

#A4D5A3

accent

#DD4A4E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C851CB

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

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