#CA51E4#CA51E4

#CA51E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.231 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA51E4
RGB	rgb(202, 81, 228)
HSL	hsl(289, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(289, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 64.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, 67.80, -52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 86.01, 322.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% 0.1768 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.231 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3014, 24.0448, 75.8493)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA51E4 #6BE451

analogous

#8051E4 #CA51E4 #E451B4

triadic

#CA51E4 #E4CA51 #51E4CA

tetradic

#CA51E4 #E48051 #6BE451 #51B4E4

square

#CA51E4 #E48051 #6BE451 #51B4E4

split-complementary

#CA51E4 #B4E451 #51E480

monochromatic

#8919A2 #B621D7 #CA51E4 #DA86EC #EABBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#CA51E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#CA51E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA51E4

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA51E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA51E4	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	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)

#247EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8BE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca51e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 81, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.231 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8aed',
    500: '#ca51e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca51e4;
$custom-light: #de8aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca51e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.388,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65112,
    "c": 0.2305,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA51E4

secondary

#B6E4AC

accent

#D51033

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA51E4

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

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