#C165E9#C165E9

#C165E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.204 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C165E9
RGB	rgb(193, 101, 233)
HSL	hsl(282, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(282, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 56.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, 57.59, -51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 77.58, 317.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% 0.1426 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.204 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3516, 26.5292, 80.0174)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C165E9 #8DE965

analogous

#7F65E9 #C165E9 #E965CF

triadic

#C165E9 #E9C165 #65E9C1

tetradic

#C165E9 #E97F65 #8DE965 #65CFE9

square

#C165E9 #E97F65 #8DE965 #65CFE9

split-complementary

#C165E9 #CFE965 #65E97F

monochromatic

#891AB9 #AB2FE1 #C165E9 #D79BF1 #ECD0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#C165E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#C165E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C165E9

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C165E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C165E9	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4087ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628FE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c165e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 101, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.204 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d795f0',
    500: '#c165e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c165e9;
$custom-light: #d795f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c165e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.818,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66699,
    "c": 0.20368,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C165E9

secondary

#CCEBBF

accent

#D70E4B

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C165E9

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

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