#CD51E2#CD51E2

#CD51E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.230 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD51E2
RGB	rgb(205, 81, 226)
HSL	hsl(291, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(291, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 64.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, 68.11, -51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 85.26, 323.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% 0.1803 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.23 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8452, 24.3571, 74.4340)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD51E2 #66E251

analogous

#8451E2 #CD51E2 #E251AF

triadic

#CD51E2 #E2CD51 #51E2CD

tetradic

#CD51E2 #E28451 #66E251 #51AFE2

square

#CD51E2 #E28451 #66E251 #51AFE2

split-complementary

#CD51E2 #AFE251 #51E284

monochromatic

#8B1A9E #B923D3 #CD51E2 #DC85EB #EBBAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#CD51E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#CD51E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD51E2

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD51E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD51E2	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B7EE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd51e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 81, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.230 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08aec',
    500: '#cd51e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd51e2;
$custom-light: #e08aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd51e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.31,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65387,
    "c": 0.23008,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD51E2

secondary

#B4E3AC

accent

#D3122E

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD51E2

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

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