#C851EE#C851EE

#C851EE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.239 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C851EE
RGB	rgb(200, 81, 238)
HSL	hsl(285, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(285, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 66%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, 69.24, -58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 90.37, 320.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% 0.1742 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.239 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1922, 24.3389, 83.3477)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C851EE #77EE51

analogous

#7A51EE #C851EE #EE51C5

triadic

#C851EE #EEC851 #51EEC8

tetradic

#C851EE #EE7A51 #77EE51 #51C5EE

square

#C851EE #EE7A51 #77EE51 #51C5EE

split-complementary

#C851EE #C5EE51 #51EE7A

monochromatic

#8C11B3 #B619E9 #C851EE #DA89F3 #EBC1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#C851EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#C851EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C851EE

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C851EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C851EE	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#548BEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c851ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 81, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.239 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8af4',
    500: '#c851ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c851ee;
$custom-light: #dd8af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c851ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.478,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6545,
    "c": 0.23859,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C851EE

secondary

#BFEAB1

accent

#DF073B

background

#FEF8FF

surface

#FCF0FE

border

#D5CBD6

text

#160C17

muted

#847D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C851EE

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

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