#C161EE#C161EE

#C161EE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.215 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C161EE
RGB	rgb(193, 97, 238)
HSL	hsl(281, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(281, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 59.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, 60.55, -55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 82.11, 317.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% 0.1477 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.215 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6970, 26.0611, 83.7061)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C161EE #8EEE61

analogous

#7A61EE #C161EE #EE61D4

triadic

#C161EE #EEC161 #61EEC1

tetradic

#C161EE #EE7A61 #8EEE61 #61D4EE

square

#C161EE #EE7A61 #8EEE61 #61D4EE

split-complementary

#C161EE #D4EE61 #61EE7A

monochromatic

#8915C0 #AB2AE8 #C161EE #D798F4 #ECD0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#C161EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#C161EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C161EE

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C161EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C161EE	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3286F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c161ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 97, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.215 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d793f4',
    500: '#c161ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c161ee;
$custom-light: #d793f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c161ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.851,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66465,
    "c": 0.21453,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C161EE

secondary

#CDEDBE

accent

#DD094C

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF2FE

border

#D4CCD6

text

#150D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C161EE

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

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