#CD51E6#CD51E6

#CD51E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.234 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD51E6
RGB	rgb(205, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(290, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(290, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, 68.84, -53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 86.99, 322.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% 0.1803 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.234 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4005, 24.5792, 77.3584)
Luminance	0.2458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD51E6 #6AE651

analogous

#8251E6 #CD51E6 #E651B4

triadic

#CD51E6 #E6CD51 #51E6CD

tetradic

#CD51E6 #E68251 #6AE651 #51B4E6

square

#CD51E6 #E68251 #6AE651 #51B4E6

split-complementary

#CD51E6 #B4E651 #51E682

monochromatic

#8D18A5 #BB1FDA #CD51E6 #DC87EE #ECBCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#CD51E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#CD51E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD51E6

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD51E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD51E6	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#247FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F8CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd51e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.234 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08aee',
    500: '#cd51e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd51e6;
$custom-light: #e08aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd51e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.933,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65616,
    "c": 0.23355,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD51E6

secondary

#B7E5AD

accent

#D70E30

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD51E6

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

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