#C851E8#C851E8

#C851E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.233 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C851E8
RGB	rgb(200, 81, 232)
HSL	hsl(287, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(287, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 65.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, 68.10, -55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 87.71, 320.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% 0.1745 -0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.233 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3254, 23.9922, 78.7824)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C851E8 #71E851

analogous

#7D51E8 #C851E8 #E851BD

triadic

#C851E8 #E8C851 #51E8C8

tetradic

#C851E8 #E87D51 #71E851 #51BDE8

square

#C851E8 #E87D51 #71E851 #51BDE8

split-complementary

#C851E8 #BDE851 #51E87D

monochromatic

#8916A8 #B61DDE #C851E8 #D987EF #EABDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#C851E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#C851E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C851E8

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C851E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C851E8	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#187FEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#598AE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c851e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 81, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.233 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8af0',
    500: '#c851e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c851e8;
$custom-light: #dc8af0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c851e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.285,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6509,
    "c": 0.23321,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C851E8

secondary

#BAE7AE

accent

#D90D38

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#847D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C851E8

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

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