#C178E4#C178E4

#C178E4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.169 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C178E4
RGB	rgb(193, 120, 228)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(281, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 47.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.97, 46.87, -43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.97, 64.12, 316.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% 0.1171 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.169 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7101, 30.3729, 76.9964)
Luminance	0.3037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C178E4 #9BE478

analogous

#8B78E4 #C178E4 #E478D1

triadic

#C178E4 #E4C178 #78E4C1

tetradic

#C178E4 #E48B78 #9BE478 #78D1E4

square

#C178E4 #E48B78 #9BE478 #78D1E4

split-complementary

#C178E4 #D1E478 #78E48B

monochromatic

#8B26BC #AA45DA #C178E4 #D8ABEE #F0DEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#C178E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#C178E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C178E4

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C178E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C178E4	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6192E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7698E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE88A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c178e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 120, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.169 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a1ed',
    500: '#c178e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c178e4;
$custom-light: #d6a1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c178e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.556,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69154,
    "c": 0.1688,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C178E4

secondary

#D6ECCC

accent

#CF1752

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FD

border

#D3CDD5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C178E4

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

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