#C172EA#C172EA

#C172EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.185 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C172EA
RGB	rgb(193, 114, 234)
HSL	hsl(280, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(280, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 51.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, 51.27, -48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 70.60, 316.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% 0.1259 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.185 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.8584, 29.3136, 81.2263)
Luminance	0.2931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C172EA #9BEA72

analogous

#8572EA #C172EA #EA72D7

triadic

#C172EA #EAC172 #72EAC1

tetradic

#C172EA #EA8572 #9BEA72 #72D7EA

square

#C172EA #EA8572 #9BEA72 #72D7EA

split-complementary

#C172EA #D7EA72 #72EA85

monochromatic

#8B1DC4 #AA3DE2 #C172EA #D8A7F2 #F0DDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#C172EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#C172EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C172EA

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C172EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C172EA	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#558FEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D95E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD85A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c172ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 114, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.185 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69df1',
    500: '#c172ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c172ea;
$custom-light: #d69df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c172ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6857,
    "c": 0.18491,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C172EA

secondary

#D6EECA

accent

#D60F53

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#150E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C172EA

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

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