#C17AEE#C17AEE

#C17AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.177 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17AEE
RGB	rgb(193, 122, 238)
HSL	hsl(277, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(277, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 48.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, 47.95, -47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 67.77, 315.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% 0.1156 -0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.177 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3817, 31.4304, 84.6010)
Luminance	0.3143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17AEE #A7EE7A

analogous

#877AEE #C17AEE #EE7AE1

triadic

#C17AEE #EEC17A #7AEEC1

tetradic

#C17AEE #EE877A #A7EE7A #7AE1EE

square

#C17AEE #EE877A #A7EE7A #7AE1EE

split-complementary

#C17AEE #E1EE7A #7AEE87

monochromatic

#8B1BD3 #A844E7 #C17AEE #DAB0F5 #F2E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#C17AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#C17AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C17AEE

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17AEE	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E95F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7299EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 122, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.177 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a2f4',
    500: '#c17aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17aee;
$custom-light: #d6a2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.724,
    "s": 77.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69977,
    "c": 0.17668,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17AEE

secondary

#DEF2D2

accent

#DA0C5C

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#150F17

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17AEE

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

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