#C172EE#C172EE

#C172EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.189 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C172EE
RGB	rgb(193, 114, 238)
HSL	hsl(278, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(278, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 52.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, 52.12, -50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 72.52, 315.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% 0.1262 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.189 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4395, 29.5461, 84.2870)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C172EE #9FEE72

analogous

#8372EE #C172EE #EE72DD

triadic

#C172EE #EEC172 #72EEC1

tetradic

#C172EE #EE8372 #9FEE72 #72DDEE

square

#C172EE #EE8372 #9FEE72 #72DDEE

split-complementary

#C172EE #DDEE72 #72EE83

monochromatic

#8C19CD #A93BE7 #C172EE #D9A9F5 #F1DFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#C172EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#C172EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C172EE

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C172EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C172EE	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5190F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B96EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC87A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c172ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 114, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.189 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69df4',
    500: '#c172ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c172ee;
$custom-light: #d69df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c172ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.226,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68786,
    "c": 0.18924,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C172EE

secondary

#D9F0CC

accent

#DB0B56

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C172EE

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

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