#C178DA#C178DA

#C178DA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.158 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C178DA
RGB	rgb(193, 120, 218)
HSL	hsl(285, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(285, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 45%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, 44.80, -38.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 59.33, 319.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% 0.1156 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.158 317)
XYZ	xyz(41.3619, 29.8336, 69.8957)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C178DA #91DA78

analogous

#9078DA #C178DA #DA78C2

triadic

#C178DA #DAC178 #78DAC1

tetradic

#C178DA #DA9078 #91DA78 #78C2DA

square

#C178DA #DA9078 #91DA78 #78C2DA

split-complementary

#C178DA #C2DA78 #78DA90

monochromatic

#8A2EA9 #AB48CD #C178DA #D7A8E7 #EDD8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#C178DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#C178DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C178DA

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C178DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C178DA	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6790DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B97D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0869F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c178da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 120, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.158 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a1e6',
    500: '#c178da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c178da;
$custom-light: #d5a1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c178da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.694,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68657,
    "c": 0.1579,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.29832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C178DA

secondary

#CFE7C7

accent

#C5214B

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FC

border

#D3CDD5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C178DA

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

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