#C851E6#C851E6

#C851E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.231 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C851E6
RGB	rgb(200, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(288, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(288, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, 67.72, -54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 86.82, 321.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% 0.1745 -0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.231 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0429, 23.8792, 77.2948)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C851E6 #6FE651

analogous

#7D51E6 #C851E6 #E651BA

triadic

#C851E6 #E6C851 #51E6C8

tetradic

#C851E6 #E67D51 #6FE651 #51BAE6

square

#C851E6 #E67D51 #6FE651 #51BAE6

split-complementary

#C851E6 #BAE651 #51E67D

monochromatic

#8818A5 #B51FDA #C851E6 #D987EE #EABCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#C851E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#C851E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C851E6

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C851E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C851E6	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D7EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A8AE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c851e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.231 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8aee',
    500: '#c851e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c851e6;
$custom-light: #dc8aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c851e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.919,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64972,
    "c": 0.23142,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C851E6

secondary

#B9E5AD

accent

#D70E37

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C851E6

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

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