#C161E9#C161E9

#C161E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.210 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C161E9
RGB	rgb(193, 97, 233)
HSL	hsl(282, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(282, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 58.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 59.52, -53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 79.77, 318.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% 0.1476 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.21 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9726, 25.7713, 79.8910)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C161E9 #89E961

analogous

#7D61E9 #C161E9 #E961CD

triadic

#C161E9 #E9C161 #61E9C1

tetradic

#C161E9 #E97D61 #89E961 #61CDE9

square

#C161E9 #E97D61 #89E961 #61CDE9

split-complementary

#C161E9 #CDE961 #61E97D

monochromatic

#8819B6 #AC2BE2 #C161E9 #D697F0 #EBCCF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#C161E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#C161E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C161E9

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C161E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C161E9	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3885ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE799C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c161e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 97, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.210 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d792f1',
    500: '#c161e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c161e9;
$custom-light: #d792f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c161e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.353,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66176,
    "c": 0.20952,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C161E9

secondary

#C9EABC

accent

#D80E49

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C161E9

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

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