#C165E4#C165E4

#C165E4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.199 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C165E4
RGB	rgb(193, 101, 228)
HSL	hsl(283, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(283, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 55.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, 56.57, -49.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 75.23, 318.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% 0.1423 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.199 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6474, 26.2476, 76.3089)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C165E4 #88E465

analogous

#8265E4 #C165E4 #E465C7

triadic

#C165E4 #E4C165 #65E4C1

tetradic

#C165E4 #E48265 #88E465 #65C7E4

square

#C165E4 #E48265 #88E465 #65C7E4

split-complementary

#C165E4 #C7E465 #65E482

monochromatic

#881FB0 #AC31DB #C165E4 #D699ED #EBCDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#C165E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#C165E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C165E4

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C165E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C165E4	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4587E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c165e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 101, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.199 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d695ed',
    500: '#c165e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c165e4;
$custom-light: #d695ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c165e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.465,
    "s": 70.166,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66419,
    "c": 0.19861,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C165E4

secondary

#C9E8BC

accent

#D21348

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C165E4

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

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