#C178EB#C178EB

#C178EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.177 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C178EB
RGB	rgb(193, 120, 235)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(278, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 48.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, 48.36, -47.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 67.51, 315.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% 0.1179 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.177 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.7016, 30.7695, 82.2181)
Luminance	0.3077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C178EB #A2EB78

analogous

#8878EB #C178EB #EB78DC

triadic

#C178EB #EBC178 #78EBC1

tetradic

#C178EB #EB8878 #A2EB78 #78DCEB

square

#C178EB #EB8878 #A2EB78 #78DCEB

split-complementary

#C178EB #DCEB78 #78EB88

monochromatic

#8C1ECB #A943E3 #C178EB #D9ADF3 #F2E3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C178EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#C178EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C178EB

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C178EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C178EB	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D93EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7298E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8AA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c178eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 120, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.177 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a1f2',
    500: '#c178eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c178eb;
$custom-light: #d6a1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c178eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.087,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69516,
    "c": 0.17652,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C178EB

secondary

#DBF0CF

accent

#D60F58

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FD

border

#D3CDD5

text

#150F17

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C178EB

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

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