#C278FF#C278FF

#C278FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.199 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C278FF
RGB	rgb(194, 120, 255)
HSL	hsl(273, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(273, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 52.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, 52.99, -56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 77.34, 313.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.1209 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.199 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.0109, 32.1228, 98.3121)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C278FF #B5FF78

analogous

#7E78FF #C278FF #FF78F8

triadic

#C278FF #FFC278 #78FFC2

tetradic

#C278FF #FF7E78 #B5FF78 #78F8FF

square

#C278FF #FF7E78 #B5FF78 #78F8FF

split-complementary

#C278FF #F8FF78 #78FF7E

monochromatic

#8A00FD #A63BFF #C278FF #DEB5FF #F1E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#C278FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#C278FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C278FF

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C278FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C278FF	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D97FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#669AFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B990B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c278ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 120, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.199 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a1ff',
    500: '#c278ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c278ff;
$custom-light: #d7a1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c278ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.889,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70709,
    "c": 0.19911,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C278FF

secondary

#E4F7D4

accent

#E60068

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FBF4FF

border

#D4CED7

text

#150F18

muted

#837F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #C278FF

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

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