#C178CE#C178CE

#C178CE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.145 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C178CE
RGB	rgb(193, 120, 206)
HSL	hsl(291, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(291, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 41.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, 42.40, -32.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 53.71, 322.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% 0.1134 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.145 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8481, 29.2281, 61.9231)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C178CE #85CE78

analogous

#9678CE #C178CE #CE78B0

triadic

#C178CE #CEC178 #78CEC1

tetradic

#C178CE #CE9678 #85CE78 #78B0CE

square

#C178CE #CE9678 #85CE78 #78B0CE

split-complementary

#C178CE #B0CE78 #78CE96

monochromatic

#873695 #AC4BBE #C178CE #D6A5DE #EAD2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#C178CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#C178CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C178CE

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C178CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C178CE	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c178ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 120, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.145 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a1dd',
    500: '#c178ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c178ce;
$custom-light: #d5a1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c178ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.93,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68089,
    "c": 0.14515,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C178CE

secondary

#C6E0C2

accent

#BA2C41

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF3FB

border

#D3CDD4

text

#140F15

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C178CE

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

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