#C170C8#C170C8

#C170C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.153 H 324.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C170C8
RGB	rgb(193, 112, 200)
HSL	hsl(295, 44%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(295, 44%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 44%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, 45.47, -32.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 55.93, 324.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% 0.1239 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.153 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2108, 27.0976, 57.8500)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C170C8 #77C870

analogous

#9570C8 #C170C8 #C870A3

triadic

#C170C8 #C8C170 #70C8C1

tetradic

#C170C8 #C89570 #77C870 #70A3C8

square

#C170C8 #C89570 #77C870 #70A3C8

split-complementary

#C170C8 #A3C870 #70C895

monochromatic

#823589 #AC46B5 #C170C8 #D49CD9 #E7C8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#C170C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#C170C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C170C8

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C170C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C170C8	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6688CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D92C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c170c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 112, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.153 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59bd9',
    500: '#c170c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c170c8;
$custom-light: #d59bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c170c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.227,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6657,
    "c": 0.15274,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C170C8

secondary

#BCDAB9

accent

#B82E39

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF2FA

border

#D3CCD3

text

#140E14

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C170C8

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

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