#C178F6#C178F6

#C178F6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.189 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C178F6
RGB	rgb(193, 120, 246)
HSL	hsl(275, 88%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(275, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 51.2%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, 50.74, -52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 72.88, 314.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% 0.119 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.189 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.3401, 31.4249, 90.8480)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C178F6 #ADF678

analogous

#8278F6 #C178F6 #F678EC

triadic

#C178F6 #F6C178 #78F6C1

tetradic

#C178F6 #F68278 #ADF678 #78ECF6

square

#C178F6 #F68278 #ADF678 #78ECF6

split-complementary

#C178F6 #ECF678 #78F682

monochromatic

#8B0FE4 #A73FF2 #C178F6 #DBB1FA #F2E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#C178F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#C178F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C178F6

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C178F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C178F6	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5595FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B99F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8EAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c178f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 120, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.189 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a1fa',
    500: '#c178f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c178f6;
$custom-light: #d6a1fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c178f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.762,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70104,
    "c": 0.18876,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C178F6

secondary

#E2F5D5

accent

#E40161

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FBF4FF

border

#D4CED7

text

#150F17

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C178F6

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

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