#C173BC#C173BC

#C173BC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.136 H 329.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C173BC
RGB	rgb(193, 115, 188)
HSL	hsl(304, 39%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(304, 40%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.4%, 2.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, 41.65, -25.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 48.86, 328.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% 0.1169 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.136 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1996, 27.2316, 50.8640)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C173BC #73C178

analogous

#9F73C1 #C173BC #C17395

triadic

#C173BC #BCC173 #73BCC1

tetradic

#C173BC #C19F73 #73C178 #7395C1

square

#C173BC #C19F73 #73C178 #7395C1

split-complementary

#C173BC #95C173 #73C19F

monochromatic

#81397C #AB4CA5 #C173BC #D49DD0 #E7C8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#C173BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#C173BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C173BC

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C173BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C173BC	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F88BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8392BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6798F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c173bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 115, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.136 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59dd0',
    500: '#c173bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c173bc;
$custom-light: #d59dd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c173bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.846,
    "s": 38.614,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.665,
    "c": 0.13597,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C173BC

secondary

#B9D7BB

accent

#B23C34

background

#FDF9FC

surface

#FAF2F9

border

#D3CCD2

text

#140E14

muted

#837E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C173BC

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

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