#C170E1#C170E1

#C170E1 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.178 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C170E1
RGB	rgb(193, 112, 225)
HSL	hsl(283, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(283, 50%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 50.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, 50.42, -44.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 67.48, 318.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% 0.1276 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.178 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3750, 28.3633, 74.5147)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C170E1 #90E170

analogous

#8870E1 #C170E1 #E170C8

triadic

#C170E1 #E1C170 #70E1C1

tetradic

#C170E1 #E18870 #90E170 #70C8E1

square

#C170E1 #E18870 #90E170 #70C8E1

split-complementary

#C170E1 #C8E170 #70E188

monochromatic

#8A25B1 #AB3DD6 #C170E1 #D7A3EC #EDD5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#C170E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#C170E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C170E1

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C170E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C170E1	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#588CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7194DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF819E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c170e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 112, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.178 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69ceb',
    500: '#c170e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c170e1;
$custom-light: #d69ceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c170e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.009,
    "s": 65.318,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67802,
    "c": 0.17846,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C170E1

secondary

#CEE9C4

accent

#CD184C

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#150E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C170E1

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

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