#CE51E6#CE51E6

#CE51E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.234 H 320.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE51E6
RGB	rgb(206, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(290, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(290, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.80, 69.07, -52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.80, 87.03, 322.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% 0.1814 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.234 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6773, 24.7220, 77.3714)
Luminance	0.2472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE51E6 #69E651

analogous

#8351E6 #CE51E6 #E651B3

triadic

#CE51E6 #E6CE51 #51E6CE

tetradic

#CE51E6 #E68351 #69E651 #51B3E6

square

#CE51E6 #E68351 #69E651 #51B3E6

split-complementary

#CE51E6 #B3E651 #51E683

monochromatic

#8E18A5 #BC1FDA #CE51E6 #DD87EE #ECBCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#CE51E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#CE51E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CE51E6

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE51E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE51E6	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#257FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce51e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.234 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18aee',
    500: '#ce51e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce51e6;
$custom-light: #e18aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce51e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.336,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65746,
    "c": 0.23399,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE51E6

secondary

#B6E5AD

accent

#D70E2F

background

#FEF8FE

surface

#FCF0FD

border

#D5CBD5

text

#160C16

muted

#847D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE51E6

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

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