#C178CB#C178CB

#C178CB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.142 H 322.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C178CB
RGB	rgb(193, 120, 203)
HSL	hsl(293, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(293, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 40.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, 41.81, -31.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 52.34, 323.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% 0.1128 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.142 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4871, 29.0837, 60.0220)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C178CB #82CB78

analogous

#9778CB #C178CB #CB78AB

triadic

#C178CB #CBC178 #78CBC1

tetradic

#C178CB #CB9778 #82CB78 #78ABCB

square

#C178CB #CB9778 #82CB78 #78ABCB

split-complementary

#C178CB #ABCB78 #78CB97

monochromatic

#863891 #AD4CBA #C178CB #D5A4DC #EAD0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#C178CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#C178CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C178CB

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C178CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C178CB	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8DCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8296C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c178cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 120, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.142 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a0db',
    500: '#c178cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c178cb;
$custom-light: #d5a0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c178cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.771,
    "s": 44.385,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67952,
    "c": 0.14204,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C178CB

secondary

#C4DEC1

accent

#B82E3F

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF3FB

border

#D3CDD4

text

#140F15

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C178CB

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

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