#c51fff

Color #c51fff

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 16.78 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#c51fff

RGB

rgb(197, 31, 255)

HSL

hsl(284.5, 100%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.5, 87.8%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.7%, 87.8%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(51.92, 86.76, -74.86)

LCH

lch(51.92, 114.59, 319.21)

OKLCH

oklch(62.5%, 0.2955, 314.15)

HWB

hwb(284.5, 12.2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#59ff1f

Analogous

#551fff

#c51fff

#ff1fc9

Triadic

#c51fff

#ffc51f

#1fffc5

Split-complementary

#c51fff

#c9ff1f

#1fff55

Tetradic

#c51fff

#ff1f59

#59ff1f

#1fffc5

Square

#c51fff

#ff551f

#59ff1f

#1fc9ff

Shades

Color #c51fff mixed toward black.

#b100ee

#8d00bf

#6a008f

#47005f

#230030

Tints

Color #c51fff mixed toward white.

#cf44ff

#d86aff

#e28fff

#ecb4ff

#f5daff

Tones

Color #c51fff mixed toward gray.

#bc32ec

#b344da

#aa57c7

#a16ab4

#987ca2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.01:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a99e2 · ΔE 24.5

Deuteranopia

#a1a9da · ΔE 29

Tritanopia

#c1c7c1 · ΔE 41

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 32

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c51fff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c51fff]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#c51fff (#c51fff) is rgb(197, 31, 255) in RGB.

No, #c51fff is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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