#C178DB#C178DB

#C178DB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.159 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C178DB
RGB	rgb(193, 120, 219)
HSL	hsl(284, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(284, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 45.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, 45.01, -39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 59.80, 318.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% 0.1157 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.159 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4931, 29.8861, 70.5869)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C178DB #92DB78

analogous

#9078DB #C178DB #DB78C4

triadic

#C178DB #DBC178 #78DBC1

tetradic

#C178DB #DB9078 #92DB78 #78C4DB

square

#C178DB #DB9078 #92DB78 #78C4DB

split-complementary

#C178DB #C4DB78 #78DB90

monochromatic

#8A2EAB #AB48CE #C178DB #D7A8E8 #EDD9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#C178DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#C178DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C178DB

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C178DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C178DB	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6690DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A97D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0869F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c178db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 120, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.159 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a1e6',
    500: '#c178db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c178db;
$custom-light: #d5a1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c178db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.242,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68705,
    "c": 0.15897,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C178DB

secondary

#D0E7C7

accent

#C5204B

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FC

border

#D3CDD5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C178DB

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

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