#C172BB#C172BB

#C172BB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.137 H 329.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C172BB
RGB	rgb(193, 114, 187)
HSL	hsl(305, 39%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(305, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.9%, 3.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, 42.00, -25.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 49.06, 328.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% 0.1182 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.137 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9788, 26.9618, 50.2604)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C172BB #72C178

analogous

#9F72C1 #C172BB #C17293

triadic

#C172BB #BBC172 #72BBC1

tetradic

#C172BB #C19F72 #72C178 #7293C1

square

#C172BB #C19F72 #72C178 #7293C1

split-complementary

#C172BB #93C172 #72C19F

monochromatic

#80387B #AB4BA3 #C172BB #D49DD0 #E6C7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#C172BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#C172BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C172BB

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C172BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C172BB	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E87BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8392B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6788E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c172bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 114, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.137 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59ccf',
    500: '#c172bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c172bb;
$custom-light: #d59ccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c172bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.557,
    "s": 38.916,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.663,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C172BB

secondary

#B8D7BB

accent

#B23D34

background

#FDF9FC

surface

#FAF2F9

border

#D3CCD2

text

#140E14

muted

#837E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C172BB

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

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