#CD51E1#CD51E1

#CD51E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.229 H 321.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD51E1
RGB	rgb(205, 81, 225)
HSL	hsl(292, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(292, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 64%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, 67.93, -50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 84.83, 323.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% 0.1803 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.229 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7084, 24.3024, 73.7135)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD51E1 #65E151

analogous

#8551E1 #CD51E1 #E151AD

triadic

#CD51E1 #E1CD51 #51E1CD

tetradic

#CD51E1 #E18551 #65E151 #51ADE1

square

#CD51E1 #E18551 #65E151 #51ADE1

split-complementary

#CD51E1 #ADE151 #51E185

monochromatic

#8B1B9D #B924D1 #CD51E1 #DC85EA #EBB9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#CD51E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#CD51E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD51E1

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD51E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD51E1	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)

#2C7EE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628CDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd51e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 81, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.229 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08aeb',
    500: '#cd51e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd51e1;
$custom-light: #e08aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd51e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.667,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6533,
    "c": 0.22921,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD51E1

secondary

#B3E3AB

accent

#ED3A53

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD51E1

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

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