#C172BF#C172BF

#C172BF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.141 H 327.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C172BF
RGB	rgb(193, 114, 191)
HSL	hsl(302, 39%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(302, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.9%, 1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, 42.73, -27.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 50.76, 327.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% 0.1191 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.141 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4130, 27.1355, 52.5471)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C172BF #72C174

analogous

#9B72C1 #C172BF #C17297

triadic

#C172BF #BFC172 #72BFC1

tetradic

#C172BF #C19B72 #72C174 #7297C1

square

#C172BF #C19B72 #72C174 #7297C1

split-complementary

#C172BF #97C172 #72C19B

monochromatic

#80387E #AB4BA8 #C172BF #D49DD2 #E6C7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#C172BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#C172BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C172BF

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C172BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C172BF	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D88C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8292BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C67990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c172bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 114, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.141 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59cd2',
    500: '#c172bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c172bf;
$custom-light: #d59cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c172bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.519,
    "s": 38.916,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66473,
    "c": 0.14055,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C172BF

secondary

#B8D7B9

accent

#B23734

background

#FDF9FC

surface

#FAF2F9

border

#D3CCD2

text

#140E14

muted

#837E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C172BF

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

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