#C177FF#C177FF

#C177FF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.200 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C177FF
RGB	rgb(193, 119, 255)
HSL	hsl(273, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 53.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, 53.25, -56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 77.88, 313.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% 0.1209 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.2 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6355, 31.7516, 98.2602)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C177FF #B5FF77

analogous

#7D77FF #C177FF #FF77F9

triadic

#C177FF #FFC177 #77FFC1

tetradic

#C177FF #FF7D77 #B5FF77 #77F9FF

square

#C177FF #FF7D77 #B5FF77 #77F9FF

split-complementary

#C177FF #F9FF77 #77FF7D

monochromatic

#8900FC #A53AFF #C177FF #DDB4FF #F1E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#C177FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#C177FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C177FF

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C177FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C177FF	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B96FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6499FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B890B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c177ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 119, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.200 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a1ff',
    500: '#c177ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c177ff;
$custom-light: #d7a1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c177ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.647,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70458,
    "c": 0.20031,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C177FF

secondary

#E4F7D4

accent

#E60069

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FBF3FF

border

#D4CDD7

text

#150F18

muted

#837F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #C177FF

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

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