#C178DD#C178DD

#C178DD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.161 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C178DD
RGB	rgb(193, 120, 221)
HSL	hsl(283, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(283, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 45.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.65, 45.42, -40.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.65, 60.76, 318.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% 0.1161 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.161 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7580, 29.9920, 71.9819)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C178DD #94DD78

analogous

#8F78DD #C178DD #DD78C7

triadic

#C178DD #DDC178 #78DDC1

tetradic

#C178DD #DD8F78 #94DD78 #78C7DD

square

#C178DD #DD8F78 #94DD78 #78C7DD

split-complementary

#C178DD #C7DD78 #78DD8F

monochromatic

#8A2CAF #AB47D1 #C178DD #D7A9E9 #EEDAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#C178DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#C178DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C178DD

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C178DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C178DD	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6590E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7997DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C086A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c178dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 120, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.161 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a1e8',
    500: '#c178dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c178dd;
$custom-light: #d5a1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c178dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.366,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68804,
    "c": 0.16115,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C178DD

secondary

#D1E9C8

accent

#C71E4D

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FC

border

#D3CDD5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C178DD

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

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