#CB51E6#CB51E6

#CB51E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.233 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB51E6
RGB	rgb(203, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(289, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(289, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, 68.39, -53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 86.92, 321.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% 0.178 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.233 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8522, 24.2965, 77.3327)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB51E6 #6CE651

analogous

#8151E6 #CB51E6 #E651B6

triadic

#CB51E6 #E6CB51 #51E6CB

tetradic

#CB51E6 #E68151 #6CE651 #51B6E6

square

#CB51E6 #E68151 #6CE651 #51B6E6

split-complementary

#CB51E6 #B6E651 #51E681

monochromatic

#8B18A5 #B91FDA #CB51E6 #DB87EE #EBBCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#CB51E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#CB51E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB51E6

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB51E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB51E6	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D8BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb51e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.233 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8aee',
    500: '#cb51e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb51e6;
$custom-light: #de8aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb51e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.128,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65358,
    "c": 0.23269,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB51E6

secondary

#B7E5AD

accent

#D70E33

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB51E6

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

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