#C170E0#C170E0

#C170E0 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.177 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C170E0
RGB	rgb(193, 112, 224)
HSL	hsl(283, 64%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(283, 50%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 50%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, 50.22, -44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 67.00, 318.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% 0.1275 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.177 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2390, 28.3089, 73.7984)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C170E0 #8FE070

analogous

#8970E0 #C170E0 #E070C7

triadic

#C170E0 #E0C170 #70E0C1

tetradic

#C170E0 #E08970 #8FE070 #70C7E0

square

#C170E0 #E08970 #8FE070 #70C7E0

split-complementary

#C170E0 #C7E070 #70E089

monochromatic

#8926B0 #AB3ED5 #C170E0 #D7A2EB #EDD5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#C170E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#C170E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C170E0

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C170E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C170E0	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#598CE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7193DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF819E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c170e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 112, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.177 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69cea',
    500: '#c170e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c170e0;
$custom-light: #d69cea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c170e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.393,
    "s": 64.368,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6775,
    "c": 0.1774,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C170E0

secondary

#CEE8C3

accent

#CC194B

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#150E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C170E0

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

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