#C851D6#C851D6

#C851D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.217 H 323.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C851D6
RGB	rgb(200, 81, 214)
HSL	hsl(294, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(294, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 62.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, 64.78, -46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 79.85, 324.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% 0.1744 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.217 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8983, 23.0214, 66.0000)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C851D6 #5FD651

analogous

#8551D6 #C851D6 #D651A2

triadic

#C851D6 #D6C851 #51D6C8

tetradic

#C851D6 #D68551 #5FD651 #51A2D6

square

#C851D6 #D68551 #5FD651 #51A2D6

split-complementary

#C851D6 #A2D651 #51D685

monochromatic

#80218C #AE2DBD #C851D6 #D883E2 #E7B4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C851D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#C851D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C851D6

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C851D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C851D6	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#367BDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6589D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB658C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c851d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 81, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.217 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc89e3',
    500: '#c851d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c851d6;
$custom-light: #dc89e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c851d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.684,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6406,
    "c": 0.21733,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C851D6

secondary

#ACDCA7

accent

#E54354

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C851D6

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

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