#C162E2#C162E2

#C162E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.201 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C162E2
RGB	rgb(193, 98, 226)
HSL	hsl(285, 69%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(285, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 56.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, 57.62, -49.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 75.97, 319.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% 0.1461 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.201 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0854, 25.5652, 74.7598)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C162E2 #83E262

analogous

#8162E2 #C162E2 #E262C3

triadic

#C162E2 #E2C162 #62E2C1

tetradic

#C162E2 #E28162 #83E262 #62C3E2

square

#C162E2 #E28162 #83E262 #62C3E2

split-complementary

#C162E2 #C3E262 #62E281

monochromatic

#861FAA #AD2ED8 #C162E2 #D596EC #EAC9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#C162E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#C162E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C162E2

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C162E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C162E2	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)

#4284E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c162e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 98, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.201 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d793ec',
    500: '#c162e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c162e2;
$custom-light: #d793ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c162e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.531,
    "s": 68.817,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6591,
    "c": 0.20109,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C162E2

secondary

#C5E7B9

accent

#D11545

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C162E2

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

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