#C278E8#C278E8

#C278E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.174 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C278E8
RGB	rgb(194, 120, 232)
HSL	hsl(280, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(280, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 48.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, 47.99, -45.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 66.12, 316.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% 0.1188 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.174 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5276, 30.7295, 79.9667)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C278E8 #9EE878

analogous

#8A78E8 #C278E8 #E878D6

triadic

#C278E8 #E8C278 #78E8C2

tetradic

#C278E8 #E88A78 #9EE878 #78D6E8

square

#C278E8 #E88A78 #9EE878 #78D6E8

split-complementary

#C278E8 #D6E878 #78E88A

monochromatic

#8D21C4 #AA44DF #C278E8 #DAACF1 #F1E1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C278E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#C278E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C278E8

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C278E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C278E8	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F92EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7498E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF89A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c278e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 120, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.174 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a1f0',
    500: '#c278e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c278e8;
$custom-light: #d6a1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c278e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.643,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69468,
    "c": 0.17361,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C278E8

secondary

#D9EECD

accent

#D31354

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FD

border

#D3CDD5

text

#150F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C278E8

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

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