#C179F9#C179F9

#C179F9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.191 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C179F9
RGB	rgb(193, 121, 249)
HSL	hsl(274, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(274, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 51.4%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, 50.88, -53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 73.76, 313.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% 0.118 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.191 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.9252, 31.8524, 93.3329)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C179F9 #B1F979

analogous

#8179F9 #C179F9 #F979F1

triadic

#C179F9 #F9C179 #79F9C1

tetradic

#C179F9 #F98179 #B1F979 #79F1F9

square

#C179F9 #F98179 #B1F979 #79F1F9

split-complementary

#C179F9 #F1F979 #79F981

monochromatic

#8A0BED #A63EF6 #C179F9 #DCB4FC #F1E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#C179F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#C179F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C179F9

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C179F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C179F9	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5496FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A9AF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98FAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c179f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 121, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.191 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a2fc',
    500: '#c179f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c179f9;
$custom-light: #d6a2fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c179f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70418,
    "c": 0.19058,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C179F9

secondary

#E3F6D5

accent

#E60064

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FBF4FF

border

#D4CED7

text

#150F17

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C179F9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →