#C978BD#C978BD

#C978BD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.134 H 332.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C978BD
RGB	rgb(201, 120, 189)
HSL	hsl(309, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(309, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, 41.71, -22.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 47.57, 331.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% 0.1188 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.134 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9888, 29.5267, 51.7271)
Luminance	0.2953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C978BD #78C984

analogous

#AC78C9 #C978BD #C97894

triadic

#C978BD #BDC978 #78BDC9

tetradic

#C978BD #C9AC78 #78C984 #7894C9

square

#C978BD #C9AC78 #78C984 #7894C9

split-complementary

#C978BD #94C978 #78C9AC

monochromatic

#8E3981 #B84CA8 #C978BD #DAA4D2 #ECCFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#C978BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#C978BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C978BD

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C978BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C978BD	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D07D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c978bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 120, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.134 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dba1d1',
    500: '#c978bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c978bd;
$custom-light: #dba1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c978bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.889,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68266,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C978BD

secondary

#C0DDC4

accent

#B64330

background

#FDFAFC

surface

#FBF3F9

border

#D4CDD2

text

#150F14

muted

#837F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C978BD

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

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