#CB51D5#CB51D5

#CB51D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.218 H 324.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB51D5
RGB	rgb(203, 81, 213)
HSL	hsl(295, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(295, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 62%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, 65.32, -45.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 79.60, 325.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% 0.1777 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.218 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5803, 23.3878, 65.3674)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB51D5 #5BD551

analogous

#8951D5 #CB51D5 #D5519D

triadic

#CB51D5 #D5CB51 #51D5CB

tetradic

#CB51D5 #D58951 #5BD551 #519DD5

square

#CB51D5 #D58951 #5BD551 #519DD5

split-complementary

#CB51D5 #9DD551 #51D589

monochromatic

#82218A #B12DBC #CB51D5 #DA82E1 #E8B4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#CB51D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#CB51D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB51D5

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB51D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB51D5	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#397BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF648C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb51d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 81, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.218 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8ae2',
    500: '#cb51d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb51d5;
$custom-light: #de8ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb51d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.455,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64402,
    "c": 0.21794,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB51D5

secondary

#AADBA6

accent

#E44450

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160C15

muted

#847D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB51D5

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

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