#C172F0#C172F0

#C172F0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.191 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C172F0
RGB	rgb(193, 114, 240)
HSL	hsl(278, 81%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(278, 53%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 52.5%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, 52.55, -51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 73.49, 315.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% 0.1264 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.191 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.7350, 29.6643, 85.8430)
Luminance	0.2966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C172F0 #A1F072

analogous

#8272F0 #C172F0 #F072E0

triadic

#C172F0 #F0C172 #72F0C1

tetradic

#C172F0 #F08272 #A1F072 #72E0F0

square

#C172F0 #F08272 #A1F072 #72E0F0

split-complementary

#C172F0 #E0F072 #72F082

monochromatic

#8C16D1 #A93BEA #C172F0 #D9A9F6 #F2E1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#C172F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#C172F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C172F0

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C172F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C172F0	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5090F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6996ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC87A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c172f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 114, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.191 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69df5',
    500: '#c172f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c172f0;
$custom-light: #d69df5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c172f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.619,
    "s": 80.769,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68895,
    "c": 0.1914,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C172F0

secondary

#DAF1CD

accent

#DD0858

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF2FE

border

#D4CCD6

text

#150E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C172F0

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

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