#C179EA#C179EA

#C179EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.174 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C179EA
RGB	rgb(193, 121, 234)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(278, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 48.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.47, 47.62, -46.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.47, 66.42, 315.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% 0.1165 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.174 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6784, 30.9536, 81.4997)
Luminance	0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C179EA #A2EA79

analogous

#8979EA #C179EA #EA79DB

triadic

#C179EA #EAC179 #79EAC1

tetradic

#C179EA #EA8979 #A2EA79 #79DBEA

square

#C179EA #EA8979 #A2EA79 #79DBEA

split-complementary

#C179EA #DBEA79 #79EA89

monochromatic

#8C20C9 #A944E2 #C179EA #D9AEF2 #F2E3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#C179EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#C179EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C179EA

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C179EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C179EA	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F93EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7399E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8BA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c179ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 121, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.174 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a2f1',
    500: '#c179ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c179ea;
$custom-light: #d6a2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c179ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.23,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69615,
    "c": 0.17381,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C179EA

secondary

#DBF0CF

accent

#D51158

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#150F17

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C179EA

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

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