#C161E5#C161E5

#C161E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.206 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C161E5
RGB	rgb(193, 97, 229)
HSL	hsl(284, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(284, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 57.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, 58.71, -51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 77.91, 318.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% 0.1474 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.206 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4077, 25.5453, 76.9158)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C161E5 #85E561

analogous

#7F61E5 #C161E5 #E561C7

triadic

#C161E5 #E5C161 #61E5C1

tetradic

#C161E5 #E57F61 #85E561 #61C7E5

square

#C161E5 #E57F61 #85E561 #61C7E5

split-complementary

#C161E5 #C7E561 #61E57F

monochromatic

#871DAF #AC2CDC #C161E5 #D696EE #EACAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#C161E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#C161E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C161E5

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C161E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C161E5	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D85E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF779A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c161e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 97, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.206 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d792ee',
    500: '#c161e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c161e5;
$custom-light: #d792ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c161e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65948,
    "c": 0.20554,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C161E5

secondary

#C6E8BA

accent

#D41247

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C161E5

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

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