#C851E4#C851E4

#C851E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.230 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C851E4
RGB	rgb(200, 81, 228)
HSL	hsl(289, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(289, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 64.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, 67.35, -53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 85.94, 321.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% 0.1745 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.23 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7637, 23.7675, 75.8241)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C851E4 #6DE451

analogous

#7E51E4 #C851E4 #E451B7

triadic

#C851E4 #E4C851 #51E4C8

tetradic

#C851E4 #E47E51 #6DE451 #51B7E4

square

#C851E4 #E47E51 #6DE451 #51B7E4

split-complementary

#C851E4 #B7E451 #51E47E

monochromatic

#8819A2 #B421D7 #C851E4 #D986EC #E9BBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#C851E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#C851E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C851E4

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C851E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C851E4	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#227EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c851e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 81, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.230 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8aed',
    500: '#c851e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c851e4;
$custom-light: #dc8aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c851e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64855,
    "c": 0.22964,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C851E4

secondary

#B7E4AC

accent

#D51036

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C851E4

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

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