#C851E9#C851E9

#C851E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.234 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C851E9
RGB	rgb(200, 81, 233)
HSL	hsl(287, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(287, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 65.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 68.29, -55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 88.15, 320.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% 0.1744 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.234 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4678, 24.0492, 79.5326)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C851E9 #72E951

analogous

#7C51E9 #C851E9 #E951BE

triadic

#C851E9 #E9C851 #51E9C8

tetradic

#C851E9 #E97C51 #72E951 #51BEE9

square

#C851E9 #E97C51 #72E951 #51BEE9

split-complementary

#C851E9 #BEE951 #51E97C

monochromatic

#8A16AA #B61CE0 #C851E9 #D987F0 #EABEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#C851E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#C851E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C851E9

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C851E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C851E9	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#157FEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#588AE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C76D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c851e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 81, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.234 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8af1',
    500: '#c851e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c851e9;
$custom-light: #dc8af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c851e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.974,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65149,
    "c": 0.2341,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C851E9

secondary

#BBE7AF

accent

#DA0C38

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#847D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C851E9

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

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