#C278EA#C278EA

#C278EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.176 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C278EA
RGB	rgb(194, 120, 234)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(279, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 48.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, 48.42, -46.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 67.09, 316.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% 0.119 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.176 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8133, 30.8438, 81.4714)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C278EA #A0EA78

analogous

#8978EA #C278EA #EA78D9

triadic

#C278EA #EAC278 #78EAC2

tetradic

#C278EA #EA8978 #A0EA78 #78D9EA

square

#C278EA #EA8978 #A0EA78 #78D9EA

split-complementary

#C278EA #D9EA78 #78EA89

monochromatic

#8D1FC8 #AA43E2 #C278EA #DAADF2 #F2E2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C278EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#C278EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C278EA

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C278EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C278EA	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E93EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7399E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8AA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c278ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 120, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.176 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a1f1',
    500: '#c278ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c278ea;
$custom-light: #d7a1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c278ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.947,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69571,
    "c": 0.17581,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C278EA

secondary

#DAEFCE

accent

#D51055

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FD

border

#D3CDD5

text

#150F17

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C278EA

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

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