#C178FF#C178FF

#C178FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.199 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C178FF
RGB	rgb(193, 120, 255)
HSL	hsl(272, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(272, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 52.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, 52.74, -56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 77.30, 313.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% 0.1197 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.199 307)
XYZ	xyz(46.7551, 31.9909, 98.3001)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C178FF #B6FF78

analogous

#7D78FF #C178FF #FF78FA

triadic

#C178FF #FFC178 #78FFC1

tetradic

#C178FF #FF7D78 #B6FF78 #78FAFF

square

#C178FF #FF7D78 #B6FF78 #78FAFF

split-complementary

#C178FF #FAFF78 #78FF7D

monochromatic

#8900FD #A53BFF #C178FF #DDB5FF #F1E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#C178FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#C178FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C178FF

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C178FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C178FF	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D97FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#659AFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B790B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c178ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 120, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.199 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a1ff',
    500: '#c178ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c178ff;
$custom-light: #d7a1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c178ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.444,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70604,
    "c": 0.19881,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.3199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C178FF

secondary

#E4F7D4

accent

#E60069

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FBF4FF

border

#D4CED7

text

#150F18

muted

#837F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #C178FF

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

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