#C17AE1#C17AE1

#C17AE1 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.162 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17AE1
RGB	rgb(193, 122, 225)
HSL	hsl(281, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(281, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 45.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, 45.19, -41.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 61.45, 317.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% 0.1139 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.162 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5403, 30.6938, 74.9031)
Luminance	0.3069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17AE1 #9AE17A

analogous

#8D7AE1 #C17AE1 #E17ACD

triadic

#C17AE1 #E1C17A #7AE1C1

tetradic

#C17AE1 #E18D7A #9AE17A #7ACDE1

square

#C17AE1 #E18D7A #9AE17A #7ACDE1

split-complementary

#C17AE1 #CDE17A #7AE18D

monochromatic

#8B29B7 #AA48D6 #C17AE1 #D8ACEC #F0DEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C17AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#C17AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C17AE1

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17AE1	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6692E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7998DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF89A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 122, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.162 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a2eb',
    500: '#c17ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17ae1;
$custom-light: #d5a2eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.359,
    "s": 63.19,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69312,
    "c": 0.16221,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17AE1

secondary

#D5EBCC

accent

#CB1B51

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17AE1

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

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