#CC51E6#CC51E6

#CC51E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.233 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC51E6
RGB	rgb(204, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(290, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(290, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, 68.62, -53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 86.96, 322.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% 0.1791 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.233 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1255, 24.4374, 77.3455)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC51E6 #6BE651

analogous

#8151E6 #CC51E6 #E651B5

triadic

#CC51E6 #E6CC51 #51E6CC

tetradic

#CC51E6 #E68151 #6BE651 #51B5E6

square

#CC51E6 #E68151 #6BE651 #51B5E6

split-complementary

#CC51E6 #B5E651 #51E681

monochromatic

#8C18A5 #BA1FDA #CC51E6 #DC87EE #EBBCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#CC51E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#CC51E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC51E6

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC51E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC51E6	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#237FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc51e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.233 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8aee',
    500: '#cc51e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc51e6;
$custom-light: #df8aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc51e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.53,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65487,
    "c": 0.23312,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC51E6

secondary

#B7E5AD

accent

#D70E31

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC51E6

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

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