#C478DA#C478DA

#C478DA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.159 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C478DA
RGB	rgb(196, 120, 218)
HSL	hsl(287, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(287, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 45%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, 45.67, -38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 59.62, 319.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% 0.1191 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.159 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1346, 30.2320, 69.9319)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C478DA #8EDA78

analogous

#9378DA #C478DA #DA78BF

triadic

#C478DA #DAC478 #78DAC4

tetradic

#C478DA #DA9378 #8EDA78 #78BFDA

square

#C478DA #DA9378 #8EDA78 #78BFDA

split-complementary

#C478DA #BFDA78 #78DA93

monochromatic

#8E2EA9 #AF48CD #C478DA #D9A8E7 #EED8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#C478DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#C478DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C478DA

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C478DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C478DA	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6890DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D98D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4859F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c478da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 120, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.159 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a1e6',
    500: '#c478da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c478da;
$custom-light: #d7a1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c478da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.531,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68989,
    "c": 0.15937,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C478DA

secondary

#CEE7C7

accent

#C52146

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF3FC

border

#D4CDD5

text

#150F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C478DA

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

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