#C978FF#C978FF

#C978FF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.201 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C978FF
RGB	rgb(201, 120, 255)
HSL	hsl(276, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(276, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 52.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, 54.74, -55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 77.64, 314.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% 0.1293 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.201 310)
XYZ	xyz(48.8505, 33.0713, 98.3983)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C978FF #AEFF78

analogous

#8578FF #C978FF #FF78F1

triadic

#C978FF #FFC978 #78FFC9

tetradic

#C978FF #FF8578 #AEFF78 #78F1FF

square

#C978FF #FF8578 #AEFF78 #78F1FF

split-complementary

#C978FF #F1FF78 #78FF85

monochromatic

#9800FD #B13BFF #C978FF #E1B5FF #F3E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#C978FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#C978FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C978FF

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C978FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C978FF	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5198FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B9DFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28FB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c978ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 120, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.201 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dca2ff',
    500: '#c978ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c978ff;
$custom-light: #dca2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c978ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71452,
    "c": 0.2013,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.3307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C978FF

secondary

#E2F7D4

accent

#E6005C

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FBF4FF

border

#D4CED7

text

#150F18

muted

#837F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #C978FF

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

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