#C178DC#C178DC

#C178DC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.160 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C178DC
RGB	rgb(193, 120, 220)
HSL	hsl(284, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(284, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 45.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.60, 45.21, -39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.60, 60.28, 318.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% 0.1159 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.16 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6251, 29.9389, 71.2824)
Luminance	0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C178DC #93DC78

analogous

#8F78DC #C178DC #DC78C5

triadic

#C178DC #DCC178 #78DCC1

tetradic

#C178DC #DC8F78 #93DC78 #78C5DC

square

#C178DC #DC8F78 #93DC78 #78C5DC

split-complementary

#C178DC #C5DC78 #78DC8F

monochromatic

#8A2DAD #AB47CF #C178DC #D7A9E9 #EED9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#C178DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#C178DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C178DC

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C178DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C178DC	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6690E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A97D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C086A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c178dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 120, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.160 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a1e7',
    500: '#c178dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c178dc;
$custom-light: #d5a1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c178dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.8,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68754,
    "c": 0.16006,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C178DC

secondary

#D0E8C8

accent

#C61F4C

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FC

border

#D3CDD5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C178DC

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

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