#C179BB#C179BB

#C179BB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.124 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C179BB
RGB	rgb(193, 121, 187)
HSL	hsl(305, 37%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(305, 37%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 3.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, 38.26, -23.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 44.68, 328.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% 0.1076 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.124 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7988, 28.6018, 50.5337)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C179BB #79C17F

analogous

#A379C1 #C179BB #C17997

triadic

#C179BB #BBC179 #79BBC1

tetradic

#C179BB #C1A379 #79C17F #7997C1

square

#C179BB #C1A379 #79C17F #7997C1

split-complementary

#C179BB #97C179 #79C1A3

monochromatic

#833D7D #AD50A5 #C179BB #D4A3D0 #E8CDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#C179BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#C179BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C179BB

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C179BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C179BB	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8895B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C67E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c179bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 121, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.124 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a1cf',
    500: '#c179bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c179bb;
$custom-light: #d5a1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c179bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305,
    "s": 36.735,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6742,
    "c": 0.12441,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C179BB

secondary

#BED8C0

accent

#B04036

background

#FDFAFC

surface

#FAF3F9

border

#D3CDD2

text

#140F14

muted

#837F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C179BB

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

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