#C851CD#C851CD

#C851CD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.210 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C851CD
RGB	rgb(200, 81, 205)
HSL	hsl(298, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(298, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 60.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, 63.19, -42.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 76.04, 326.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% 0.1739 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.21 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7805, 22.5743, 60.1131)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C851CD #56CD51

analogous

#8A51CD #C851CD #CD5194

triadic

#C851CD #CDC851 #51CDC8

tetradic

#C851CD #CD8A51 #56CD51 #5194CD

square

#C851CD #CD8A51 #56CD51 #5194CD

split-complementary

#C851CD #94CD51 #51CD8A

monochromatic

#7B257F #AA32AF #C851CD #D781DB #E6B0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#C851CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#C851CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C851CD

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C851CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C851CD	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F79D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A88CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c851cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 81, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.210 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc89dd',
    500: '#c851cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c851cd;
$custom-light: #dc89dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c851cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.581,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63574,
    "c": 0.2096,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C851CD

secondary

#A5D7A3

accent

#DF494F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C851CD

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

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