#C170EE#C170EE

#C170EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.192 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C170EE
RGB	rgb(193, 112, 238)
HSL	hsl(279, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(279, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 52.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, 53.15, -51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 73.69, 316.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% 0.1288 -0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.192 312)
XYZ	xyz(43.2164, 29.0998, 84.2126)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C170EE #9DEE70

analogous

#8270EE #C170EE #EE70DC

triadic

#C170EE #EEC170 #70EEC1

tetradic

#C170EE #EE8270 #9DEE70 #70DCEE

square

#C170EE #EE8270 #9DEE70 #70DCEE

split-complementary

#C170EE #DCEE70 #70EE82

monochromatic

#8B18CB #A939E7 #C170EE #D9A7F5 #F0DDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#C170EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#C170EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C170EE

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C170EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C170EE	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E8FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6995EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC85A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c170ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 112, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.192 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69cf4',
    500: '#c170ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c170ee;
$custom-light: #d69cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c170ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 78.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68497,
    "c": 0.19232,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.29099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C170EE

secondary

#D8F0CA

accent

#DB0A55

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C170EE

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

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