#CD51C3#CD51C3

#CD51C3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.204 H 331.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD51C3
RGB	rgb(205, 81, 195)
HSL	hsl(305, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(305, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 4.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, 62.76, -36.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 72.42, 330.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.1785 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.204 331)
XYZ	xyz(37.9694, 22.8068, 54.0215)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD51C3 #51CD5B

analogous

#9951CD #CD51C3 #CD5185

triadic

#CD51C3 #C3CD51 #51C3CD

tetradic

#CD51C3 #CD9951 #51CD5B #5185CD

square

#CD51C3 #CD9951 #51CD5B #5185CD

split-complementary

#CD51C3 #85CD51 #51CD99

monochromatic

#7F2578 #AF32A5 #CD51C3 #DB81D3 #E8B0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#CD51C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#CD51C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD51C3

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD51C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD51C3	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A78C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738AC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D55D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd51c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 81, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.204 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df89d5',
    500: '#cd51c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd51c3;
$custom-light: #df89d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd51c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.839,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63738,
    "c": 0.20416,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.22804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD51C3

secondary

#A3D7A7

accent

#DF5549

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#160C14

muted

#847D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD51C3

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

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