#C170C5#C170C5

#C170C5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.150 H 325.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C170C5
RGB	rgb(193, 112, 197)
HSL	hsl(297, 42%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(297, 43%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 43.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, 44.90, -31.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 54.60, 325.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% 0.1233 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.15 325.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8637, 26.9587, 56.0216)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C170C5 #74C570

analogous

#9670C5 #C170C5 #C5709F

triadic

#C170C5 #C5C170 #70C5C1

tetradic

#C170C5 #C59670 #74C570 #709FC5

square

#C170C5 #C59670 #74C570 #709FC5

split-complementary

#C170C5 #9FC570 #70C596

monochromatic

#813685 #AB48B0 #C170C5 #D49CD7 #E7C7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#C170C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#C170C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C170C5

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C170C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C170C5	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6887C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E91C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C57991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c170c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 112, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.150 325.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59bd7',
    500: '#c170c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c170c5;
$custom-light: #d59bd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c170c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.176,
    "s": 42.289,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66432,
    "c": 0.14979,
    "h": 325.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C170C5

secondary

#BAD9B8

accent

#B53036

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF2FA

border

#D3CCD3

text

#140E14

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C170C5

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

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