#CD51C4#CD51C4

#CD51C4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.205 H 330.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD51C4
RGB	rgb(205, 81, 196)
HSL	hsl(304, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(304, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 4.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, 62.92, -36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 72.81, 329.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% 0.1786 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.205 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0829, 22.8522, 54.6189)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD51C4 #51CD5A

analogous

#9851CD #CD51C4 #CD5186

triadic

#CD51C4 #C4CD51 #51C4CD

tetradic

#CD51C4 #CD9851 #51CD5A #5186CD

square

#CD51C4 #CD9851 #51CD5A #5186CD

split-complementary

#CD51C4 #86CD51 #51CD98

monochromatic

#7F2579 #AF32A6 #CD51C4 #DB81D4 #E8B0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#CD51C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#CD51C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD51C4

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD51C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD51C4	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4978C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728AC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D45D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd51c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 81, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.205 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df89d6',
    500: '#cd51c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd51c4;
$custom-light: #df89d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd51c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.355,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63788,
    "c": 0.20496,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD51C4

secondary

#A3D7A7

accent

#DF5449

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FA

border

#D5CBD3

text

#160C14

muted

#847D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD51C4

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

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