#C170E5#C170E5

#C170E5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.183 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C170E5
RGB	rgb(193, 112, 229)
HSL	hsl(282, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(282, 51%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 51.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, 51.25, -46.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 69.38, 317.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% 0.128 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.183 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9271, 28.5841, 77.4222)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C170E5 #94E570

analogous

#8670E5 #C170E5 #E570CF

triadic

#C170E5 #E5C170 #70E5C1

tetradic

#C170E5 #E58670 #94E570 #70CFE5

square

#C170E5 #E58670 #94E570 #70CFE5

split-complementary

#C170E5 #CFE570 #70E586

monochromatic

#8A22B9 #AB3CDC #C170E5 #D7A4EE #EED8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#C170E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#C170E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C170E5

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C170E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C170E5	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#558DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E94E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE82A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c170e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 112, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.183 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69cee',
    500: '#c170e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c170e5;
$custom-light: #d69cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c170e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68012,
    "c": 0.1827,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C170E5

secondary

#D1EBC6

accent

#D1144E

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#150E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C170E5

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

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