#C170E3#C170E3

#C170E3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.181 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C170E3
RGB	rgb(193, 112, 227)
HSL	hsl(282, 67%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(282, 51%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 50.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, 50.84, -45.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 68.43, 317.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% 0.1278 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.181 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6494, 28.4730, 75.9600)
Luminance	0.2847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C170E3 #92E370

analogous

#8870E3 #C170E3 #E370CC

triadic

#C170E3 #E3C170 #70E3C1

tetradic

#C170E3 #E38870 #92E370 #70CCE3

square

#C170E3 #E38870 #92E370 #70CCE3

split-complementary

#C170E3 #CCE370 #70E388

monochromatic

#8A23B5 #AB3DD9 #C170E3 #D7A3ED #EDD6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#C170E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#C170E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C170E3

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C170E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C170E3	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#578DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F94E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF829F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c170e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 112, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.181 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69cec',
    500: '#c170e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c170e3;
$custom-light: #d69cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c170e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.261,
    "s": 67.251,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67906,
    "c": 0.18058,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C170E3

secondary

#D0EAC5

accent

#CF164D

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#150E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C170E3

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

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