#C17BE8#C17BE8

#C17BE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.168 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17BE8
RGB	rgb(193, 123, 232)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(279, 47%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 47%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, 46.13, -44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 64.23, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% 0.1135 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.168 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6383, 31.3305, 80.0769)
Luminance	0.3133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17BE8 #A2E87B

analogous

#8B7BE8 #C17BE8 #E87BD9

triadic

#C17BE8 #E8C17B #7BE8C1

tetradic

#C17BE8 #E88B7B #A2E87B #7BD9E8

square

#C17BE8 #E88B7B #A2E87B #7BD9E8

split-complementary

#C17BE8 #D9E87B #7BE88B

monochromatic

#8C23C6 #A947DF #C17BE8 #D9AFF1 #F2E3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C17BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#C17BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C17BE8

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17BE8	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6394EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7699E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 123, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.168 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a3f0',
    500: '#c17be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17be8;
$custom-light: #d6a3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.532,
    "s": 70.323,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6982,
    "c": 0.16835,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17BE8

secondary

#DBEFD0

accent

#D21358

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17BE8

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

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