#C179F8#C179F8

#C179F8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.189 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C179F8
RGB	rgb(193, 121, 248)
HSL	hsl(274, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 51.2%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, 50.66, -52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 73.27, 313.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% 0.1179 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.189 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7697, 31.7901, 92.5137)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C179F8 #B0F879

analogous

#8279F8 #C179F8 #F879EF

triadic

#C179F8 #F8C179 #79F8C1

tetradic

#C179F8 #F88279 #B0F879 #79EFF8

square

#C179F8 #F88279 #B0F879 #79EFF8

split-complementary

#C179F8 #EFF879 #79F882

monochromatic

#8A0CEA #A63FF5 #C179F8 #DCB3FB #F2E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#C179F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#C179F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C179F8

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C179F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C179F8	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5596FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B9AF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98FAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c179f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 121, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.189 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a2fb',
    500: '#c179f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c179f8;
$custom-light: #d6a2fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c179f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.016,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70363,
    "c": 0.18945,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C179F8

secondary

#E3F6D5

accent

#E60063

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FBF4FF

border

#D4CED7

text

#150F17

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C179F8

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

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