#C165D5#C165D5

#C165D5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.184 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C165D5
RGB	rgb(193, 101, 213)
HSL	hsl(289, 57%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(289, 53%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 52.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, 53.59, -42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 68.30, 321.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% 0.1411 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.184 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6548, 25.4505, 65.8142)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C165D5 #79D565

analogous

#8965D5 #C165D5 #D565B1

triadic

#C165D5 #D5C165 #65D5C1

tetradic

#C165D5 #D58965 #79D565 #65B1D5

square

#C165D5 #D58965 #79D565 #65B1D5

split-complementary

#C165D5 #B1D565 #65D589

monochromatic

#832997 #AD36C7 #C165D5 #D495E2 #E8C5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#C165D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#C165D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C165D5

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C165D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C165D5	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5184D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c165d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 101, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.184 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d694e2',
    500: '#c165d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c165d5;
$custom-light: #d694e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c165d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.286,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65615,
    "c": 0.18362,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C165D5

secondary

#BEE0B6

accent

#C5213E

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF2FB

border

#D3CCD4

text

#150D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C165D5

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

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