#C170E6#C170E6

#C170E6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.184 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C170E6
RGB	rgb(193, 112, 230)
HSL	hsl(281, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(281, 51%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 51.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.46, 51.46, -47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.46, 69.86, 317.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% 0.1281 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.184 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0671, 28.6401, 78.1597)
Luminance	0.2864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C170E6 #95E670

analogous

#8670E6 #C170E6 #E670D0

triadic

#C170E6 #E6C170 #70E6C1

tetradic

#C170E6 #E68670 #95E670 #70D0E6

square

#C170E6 #E68670 #95E670 #70D0E6

split-complementary

#C170E6 #D0E670 #70E686

monochromatic

#8B21BB #AA3CDD #C170E6 #D8A4EF #EED8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#C170E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#C170E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C170E6

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C170E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C170E6	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#548DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E94E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE83A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c170e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 112, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.184 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69cee',
    500: '#c170e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c170e6;
$custom-light: #d69cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c170e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.186,
    "s": 70.238,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68065,
    "c": 0.18377,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C170E6

secondary

#D2ECC6

accent

#D2134F

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#150E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C170E6

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

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