#C172BC#C172BC

#C172BC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.138 H 329.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C172BC
RGB	rgb(193, 114, 188)
HSL	hsl(304, 39%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(304, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.9%, 2.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, 42.18, -25.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 49.48, 328.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% 0.1184 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.138 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0862, 27.0048, 50.8262)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C172BC #72C177

analogous

#9E72C1 #C172BC #C17295

triadic

#C172BC #BCC172 #72BCC1

tetradic

#C172BC #C19E72 #72C177 #7295C1

square

#C172BC #C19E72 #72C177 #7295C1

split-complementary

#C172BC #95C172 #72C19E

monochromatic

#80387C #AB4BA5 #C172BC #D49DD0 #E6C7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#C172BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#C172BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C172BC

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C172BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C172BC	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E87BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8392BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6788E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c172bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 114, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.138 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59cd0',
    500: '#c172bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c172bc;
$custom-light: #d59cd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c172bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.797,
    "s": 38.916,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66343,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C172BC

secondary

#B8D7BA

accent

#B23C34

background

#FDF9FC

surface

#FAF2F9

border

#D3CCD2

text

#140E14

muted

#837E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C172BC

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

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