#C170E2#C170E2

#C170E2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.180 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C170E2
RGB	rgb(193, 112, 226)
HSL	hsl(283, 66%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(283, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 50.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.26, 50.63, -45.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.26, 67.95, 318.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% 0.1277 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.18 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5118, 28.4180, 75.2352)
Luminance	0.2842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C170E2 #91E270

analogous

#8870E2 #C170E2 #E270CA

triadic

#C170E2 #E2C170 #70E2C1

tetradic

#C170E2 #E28870 #91E270 #70CAE2

square

#C170E2 #E28870 #91E270 #70CAE2

split-complementary

#C170E2 #CAE270 #70E288

monochromatic

#8A24B3 #AB3DD8 #C170E2 #D7A3EC #EDD6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#C170E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#C170E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C170E2

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C170E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C170E2	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#578CE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7094DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF819F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c170e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 112, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.180 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69ceb',
    500: '#c170e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c170e2;
$custom-light: #d69ceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c170e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.632,
    "s": 66.279,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67854,
    "c": 0.17952,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C170E2

secondary

#CFEAC4

accent

#CE174C

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#150E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C170E2

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

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