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#C170FB — Light Vivid Purple

#C170FB is a purple color we call Light Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Orchid (#DA70D6). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orchid (#DA70D6) — not an exact match. CSS orchid gives you #DA70D6, a different color; use #C170FB when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#C170FB is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A9FB6F; it also sits naturally between #7B6FFB and #FB6FF0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#C170FB · RGB 193, 112, 251

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Color values

HEX#C170FB
RGB193, 112, 251
HSL275°, 95%, 71%
HSV275°, 55%, 98%
CMYK23%, 55%, 0%, 2%
XYZ45.20, 29.89, 94.65
Yxy29.89, 0.2663, 0.1761
CIE-Lab61.56, 55.96, -57.15
Hunter Lab54.67, 55.68, -69.94

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 76% · Green 44% · Blue 98%

Cyan 23% · Magenta 55% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #C170FB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #C170FB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #C170FB

.text { color: #C170FB; }
.background { background-color: #C170FB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #C170FB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(193, 112, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(275, 95%, 71%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #C170FB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(193, 112, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #C170FB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(193, 112, 251, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#C170FB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#C170FB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #C170FB

#B24CFA#A52EFA#960BF9#8206DB#7005BD#5C049A#470377#320255#200137#0C0114

Tints of #C170FB

#C77EFC#CB88FC#D297FC#D6A1FD#DDAFFD#E1B9FD#E7C8FE#ECD2FE#F2E1FE#F6EBFE

Tones of #C170FB

#BF79F1#BD83E7#BC8DDD#BA97D3#B8A1C9#B7ABBF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A9FB6F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.01:1 AA large only
Against black text6.98:1 AA

Best text color on #C170FB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #C170FB

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #C170FB: ·

How #C170FB looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #9E9DD9Deuteranopia · #A3A9D1Tritanopia · #BDBFB9

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #C170FB rather than the exact color:

Palette 000000
#000000 · #52057B · #892CDC · #BC6FF1
Palette Ffa1f5
#FFA1F5 · #BC7AF9 · #F8FF95 · #A6FF96
Palette Ffee7d
#FFEE7D · #534C98 · #B767FF · #44FADD
Lavender Haze
#5A189A · #9D4EDD · #C77DFF · #E0AAFF
Dusty Whisper
#BA68EE · #5A1287 · #4B0F71 · #2D0943
Tender Ruby Canyon
#5C46DC · #CE6EEC · #AC1573 · #E21B1D

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#BC6FF1#BC7AF9#B767FF#C77DFF#BA68EE#CE6EEC#C260EF#CF6BED#B983FF#B96FE7#BA7CE9#C65FEC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #C170FA  ·  #C170FC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #C170FB?

#C170FB is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 193, 112, 251). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #C170FB?

#C170FB is RGB 193, 112, 251 — HSL 275°, 95%, 71% — CMYK 23%, 55%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #C170FB?

Its complement is #A9FB6F; analogous partners are #7B6FFB and #FB6FF0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #C170FB for text?

Black text on #C170FB has a contrast ratio of 6.98:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.01:1.