#C165E7#C165E7

#C165E7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.202 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C165E7
RGB	rgb(193, 101, 231)
HSL	hsl(282, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(282, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 56.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, 57.18, -51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 76.64, 318.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% 0.1425 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.202 315)
XYZ	xyz(41.0675, 26.4156, 78.5212)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C165E7 #8BE765

analogous

#8065E7 #C165E7 #E765CC

triadic

#C165E7 #E7C165 #65E7C1

tetradic

#C165E7 #E78065 #8BE765 #65CCE7

square

#C165E7 #E78065 #8BE765 #65CCE7

split-complementary

#C165E7 #CCE765 #65E780

monochromatic

#891CB5 #AC30DF #C165E7 #D69AEF #ECCFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#C165E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#C165E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C165E7

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C165E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C165E7	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4287EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638FE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c165e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 101, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.202 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d795ef',
    500: '#c165e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c165e7;
$custom-light: #d795ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c165e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.462,
    "s": 73.034,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66587,
    "c": 0.20165,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.26414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C165E7

secondary

#CBEABE

accent

#D5104A

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C165E7

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

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