#C851D2#C851D2

#C851D2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.214 H 324.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C851D2
RGB	rgb(200, 81, 210)
HSL	hsl(295, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(295, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 61.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 64.07, -44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 78.14, 325.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% 0.1742 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.214 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3937, 22.8196, 63.3426)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C851D2 #5BD251

analogous

#8851D2 #C851D2 #D2519C

triadic

#C851D2 #D2C851 #51D2C8

tetradic

#C851D2 #D28851 #5BD251 #519CD2

square

#C851D2 #D28851 #5BD251 #519CD2

split-complementary

#C851D2 #9CD251 #51D288

monochromatic

#7E2386 #AC2FB7 #C851D2 #D782DF #E7B2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#C851D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#C851D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C851D2

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C851D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C851D2	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A7AD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6788CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC648A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c851d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 81, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.214 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc89e0',
    500: '#c851d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c851d2;
$custom-light: #dc89e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c851d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.349,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63842,
    "c": 0.21387,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C851D2

secondary

#A9DAA5

accent

#E24652

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C851D2

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

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