#C164D5#C164D5

#C164D5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.185 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C164D5
RGB	rgb(193, 100, 213)
HSL	hsl(289, 57%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(289, 53%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 53.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, 54.08, -42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 68.88, 321.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% 0.1425 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.185 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5583, 25.2575, 65.7820)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C164D5 #78D564

analogous

#8964D5 #C164D5 #D564B0

triadic

#C164D5 #D5C164 #64D5C1

tetradic

#C164D5 #D58964 #78D564 #64B0D5

square

#C164D5 #D58964 #78D564 #64B0D5

split-complementary

#C164D5 #B0D564 #64D589

monochromatic

#832996 #AD36C6 #C164D5 #D494E2 #E8C4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#C164D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#C164D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C164D5

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C164D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C164D5	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F83D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c164d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 100, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.185 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d694e2',
    500: '#c164d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c164d5;
$custom-light: #d694e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c164d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.381,
    "s": 57.36,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65478,
    "c": 0.18519,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C164D5

secondary

#BDE0B5

accent

#C5213E

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FBF2FB

border

#D4CCD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C164D5

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

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