#CD51D5#CD51D5

#CD51D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.219 H 325.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD51D5
RGB	rgb(205, 81, 213)
HSL	hsl(296, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(296, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 62%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, 65.80, -45.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 79.73, 325.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% 0.1799 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.219 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1286, 23.6705, 65.3931)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD51D5 #59D551

analogous

#8B51D5 #CD51D5 #D5519B

triadic

#CD51D5 #D5CD51 #51D5CD

tetradic

#CD51D5 #D58B51 #59D551 #519BD5

square

#CD51D5 #D58B51 #59D551 #519BD5

split-complementary

#CD51D5 #9BD551 #51D58B

monochromatic

#84218A #B32DBC #CD51D5 #DB82E1 #E9B4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#CD51D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#CD51D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD51D5

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD51D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD51D5	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B7CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8BD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2648C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd51d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 81, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.219 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8ae2',
    500: '#cd51d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd51d5;
$custom-light: #df8ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd51d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.364,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64668,
    "c": 0.21895,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD51D5

secondary

#AADBA6

accent

#E4444D

background

#FEF8FD

surface

#FCF0FB

border

#D5CBD4

text

#160C15

muted

#847D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD51D5

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

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