#C172F3#C172F3

#C172F3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.195 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C172F3
RGB	rgb(193, 114, 243)
HSL	hsl(277, 84%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(277, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 53.1%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.52, 53.19, -52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.52, 74.94, 315.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% 0.1266 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.195 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.1843, 29.8440, 88.2095)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C172F3 #A4F372

analogous

#8072F3 #C172F3 #F372E5

triadic

#C172F3 #F3C172 #72F3C1

tetradic

#C172F3 #F38072 #A4F372 #72E5F3

square

#C172F3 #F38072 #A4F372 #72E5F3

split-complementary

#C172F3 #E5F372 #72F380

monochromatic

#8C12D8 #A83AEE #C172F3 #DAAAF8 #F3E3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#C172F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#C172F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C172F3

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C172F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C172F3	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D91F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6796F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB88A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c172f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 114, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.195 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69df7',
    500: '#c172f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c172f3;
$custom-light: #d69df7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c172f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.744,
    "s": 84.314,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69061,
    "c": 0.19466,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C172F3

secondary

#DCF2CE

accent

#E1055A

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF2FF

border

#D4CCD7

text

#150E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C172F3

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

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