#C178EF#C178EF

#C178EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.181 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C178EF
RGB	rgb(193, 120, 239)
HSL	hsl(277, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(277, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 49.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, 49.22, -49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 69.46, 315.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% 0.1184 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.181 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2859, 31.0032, 85.2959)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C178EF #A6EF78

analogous

#8578EF #C178EF #EF78E1

triadic

#C178EF #EFC178 #78EFC1

tetradic

#C178EF #EF8578 #A6EF78 #78E1EF

square

#C178EF #EF8578 #A6EF78 #78E1EF

split-complementary

#C178EF #E1EF78 #78EF85

monochromatic

#8B19D4 #A841E9 #C178EF #DAAFF5 #F2E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#C178EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#C178EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C178EF

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C178EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C178EF	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A94F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7099EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c178ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 120, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.181 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a1f5',
    500: '#c178ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c178ef;
$custom-light: #d6a1f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c178ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.807,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69727,
    "c": 0.18096,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C178EF

secondary

#DEF2D1

accent

#DB0A5B

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF3FE

border

#D3CDD6

text

#150F17

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C178EF

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

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