#C178BD#C178BD

#C178BD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.128 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C178BD
RGB	rgb(193, 120, 189)
HSL	hsl(303, 37%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(303, 38%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 2.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, 39.16, -24.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 46.15, 328.05°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% 0.1096 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.128 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8935, 28.4462, 51.6289)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C178BD #78C17C

analogous

#A178C1 #C178BD #C17899

triadic

#C178BD #BDC178 #78BDC1

tetradic

#C178BD #C1A178 #78C17C #7899C1

square

#C178BD #C1A178 #78C17C #7899C1

split-complementary

#C178BD #99C178 #78C1A1

monochromatic

#833C7F #AD4FA7 #C178BD #D4A2D2 #E8CCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#C178BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#C178BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C178BD

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C178BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C178BD	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C67E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c178bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 120, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.128 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a0d1',
    500: '#c178bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c178bd;
$custom-light: #d5a0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c178bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.288,
    "s": 37.056,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67341,
    "c": 0.1281,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C178BD

secondary

#BDD8BE

accent

#B03C36

background

#FDFAFC

surface

#FAF3F9

border

#D3CDD2

text

#140F14

muted

#837F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C178BD

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

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