#C278DB#C278DB

#C278DB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.159 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C278DB
RGB	rgb(194, 120, 219)
HSL	hsl(285, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(285, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 45.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.67, 45.29, -39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.67, 59.90, 319.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% 0.1169 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.159 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7490, 30.0180, 70.5989)
Luminance	0.3002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C278DB #91DB78

analogous

#9178DB #C278DB #DB78C3

triadic

#C278DB #DBC278 #78DBC2

tetradic

#C278DB #DB9178 #91DB78 #78C3DB

square

#C278DB #DB9178 #91DB78 #78C3DB

split-complementary

#C278DB #C3DB78 #78DB91

monochromatic

#8B2EAB #AC48CE #C278DB #D8A8E8 #EED9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#C278DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#C278DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C278DB

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C278DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C278DB	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6790DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B97D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1869F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c278db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 120, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.159 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a1e6',
    500: '#c278db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c278db;
$custom-light: #d6a1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c278db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.848,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68815,
    "c": 0.15945,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C278DB

secondary

#CFE7C7

accent

#C5204A

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FC

border

#D3CDD5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C278DB

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

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