#C478CC#C478CC

#C478CC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.145 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C478CC
RGB	rgb(196, 120, 204)
HSL	hsl(294, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(294, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 41.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, 42.92, -31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 53.18, 323.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% 0.1165 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.145 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3794, 29.5300, 60.6879)
Luminance	0.2953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C478CC #80CC78

analogous

#9A78CC #C478CC #CC78AA

triadic

#C478CC #CCC478 #78CCC4

tetradic

#C478CC #CC9A78 #80CC78 #78AACC

square

#C478CC #CC9A78 #80CC78 #78AACC

split-complementary

#C478CC #AACC78 #78CC9A

monochromatic

#8A3792 #B14CBB #C478CC #D7A4DD #EBD1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#C478CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#C478CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C478CC

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C478CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C478CC	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8397C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c478cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 120, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.145 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a1dc',
    500: '#c478cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c478cc;
$custom-light: #d7a1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c478cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.286,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68335,
    "c": 0.14485,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C478CC

secondary

#C4DFC1

accent

#B82D3A

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FAF3FB

border

#D3CDD4

text

#150F15

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C478CC

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

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