#C165CD#C165CD

#C165CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.176 H 322.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C165CD
RGB	rgb(193, 101, 205)
HSL	hsl(293, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(293, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 50.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, 52.05, -38.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 64.70, 323.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% 0.1402 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.176 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6643, 25.0543, 60.5978)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C165CD #71CD65

analogous

#8D65CD #C165CD #CD65A5

triadic

#C165CD #CDC165 #65CDC1

tetradic

#C165CD #CD8D65 #71CD65 #65A5CD

square

#C165CD #CD8D65 #71CD65 #65A5CD

split-complementary

#C165CD #A5CD65 #65CD8D

monochromatic

#802D8B #AA3CB9 #C165CD #D493DC #E6C1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#C165CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#C165CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C165CD

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C165CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C165CD	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5682D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c165cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 101, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.176 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d694dc',
    500: '#c165cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c165cd;
$custom-light: #d694dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c165cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.077,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65207,
    "c": 0.17582,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C165CD

secondary

#B8DBB3

accent

#DA4D5E

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF2FB

border

#D3CCD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C165CD

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

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