#C178BC#C178BC

#C178BC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.127 H 329.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C178BC
RGB	rgb(193, 120, 188)
HSL	hsl(304, 37%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(304, 38%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 2.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, 38.98, -23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 45.73, 328.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% 0.1094 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.127 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7853, 28.4030, 51.0592)
Luminance	0.2840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C178BC #78C17D

analogous

#A278C1 #C178BC #C17898

triadic

#C178BC #BCC178 #78BCC1

tetradic

#C178BC #C1A278 #78C17D #7898C1

square

#C178BC #C1A278 #78C17D #7898C1

split-complementary

#C178BC #98C178 #78C1A2

monochromatic

#833C7E #AD4FA6 #C178BC #D4A2D1 #E8CCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#C178BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#C178BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C178BC

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C178BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C178BC	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C67E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c178bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 120, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.127 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a0d0',
    500: '#c178bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c178bc;
$custom-light: #d5a0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c178bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.11,
    "s": 37.056,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67299,
    "c": 0.12714,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C178BC

secondary

#BDD8BF

accent

#B03E36

background

#FDFAFC

surface

#FAF3F9

border

#D3CDD2

text

#140F14

muted

#837F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C178BC

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

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