#C178F9#C178F9

#C178F9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.192 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C178F9
RGB	rgb(193, 120, 249)
HSL	hsl(274, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 51.8%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, 51.40, -53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 74.35, 313.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% 0.1193 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.192 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8043, 31.6106, 93.2926)
Luminance	0.3161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C178F9 #B0F978

analogous

#8078F9 #C178F9 #F978F1

triadic

#C178F9 #F9C178 #78F9C1

tetradic

#C178F9 #F98078 #B0F978 #78F1F9

square

#C178F9 #F98078 #B0F978 #78F1F9

split-complementary

#C178F9 #F1F978 #78F980

monochromatic

#8A0AEC #A63DF6 #C178F9 #DCB3FC #F2E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#C178F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#C178F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C178F9

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C178F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C178F9	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5295FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6999F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98FAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c178f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 120, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.192 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a1fc',
    500: '#c178f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c178f9;
$custom-light: #d6a1fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c178f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.953,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70269,
    "c": 0.19211,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C178F9

secondary

#E3F6D5

accent

#E60064

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FBF4FF

border

#D4CED7

text

#150F17

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C178F9

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

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