#C851D5#C851D5

#C851D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.216 H 323.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C851D5
RGB	rgb(200, 81, 213)
HSL	hsl(294, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(294, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 62%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, 64.60, -46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 79.42, 324.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% 0.1743 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.216 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7710, 22.9705, 65.3295)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C851D5 #5ED551

analogous

#8651D5 #C851D5 #D551A0

triadic

#C851D5 #D5C851 #51D5C8

tetradic

#C851D5 #D58651 #5ED551 #51A0D5

square

#C851D5 #D58651 #5ED551 #51A0D5

split-complementary

#C851D5 #A0D551 #51D586

monochromatic

#80218A #AE2DBC #C851D5 #D882E1 #E7B4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C851D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#C851D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C851D5

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C851D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C851D5	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#377BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6589D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB658C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c851d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 81, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.216 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc89e2',
    500: '#c851d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c851d5;
$custom-light: #dc89e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c851d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.091,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64005,
    "c": 0.21646,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C851D5

secondary

#ACDBA6

accent

#E44453

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C851D5

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

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