#C178EC#C178EC

#C178EC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.178 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C178EC
RGB	rgb(193, 120, 236)
HSL	hsl(278, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(278, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 49.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.36, 48.57, -47.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.36, 67.99, 315.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% 0.118 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.178 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8464, 30.8274, 82.9811)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C178EC #A3EC78

analogous

#8778EC #C178EC #EC78DD

triadic

#C178EC #ECC178 #78ECC1

tetradic

#C178EC #EC8778 #A3EC78 #78DDEC

square

#C178EC #EC8778 #A3EC78 #78DDEC

split-complementary

#C178EC #DDEC78 #78EC87

monochromatic

#8C1DCD #A842E4 #C178EC #DAAEF4 #F2E3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C178EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#C178EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C178EC

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C178EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C178EC	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C93F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7198E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8BA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c178ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 120, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.178 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a1f2',
    500: '#c178ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c178ec;
$custom-light: #d6a1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c178ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.759,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69568,
    "c": 0.17763,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C178EC

secondary

#DCF0D0

accent

#D70E59

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FD

border

#D3CDD5

text

#150F17

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C178EC

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

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