#C165EE#C165EE

#C165EE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.209 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C165EE
RGB	rgb(193, 101, 238)
HSL	hsl(280, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(280, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 57.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.81, 58.63, -54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.81, 79.93, 317.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.98% 0.1428 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(66.98% 0.209 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0760, 26.8190, 83.8325)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C165EE #92EE65

analogous

#7D65EE #C165EE #EE65D7

triadic

#C165EE #EEC165 #65EEC1

tetradic

#C165EE #EE7D65 #92EE65 #65D7EE

square

#C165EE #EE7D65 #92EE65 #65D7EE

split-complementary

#C165EE #D7EE65 #65EE7D

monochromatic

#8A16C3 #AB2EE8 #C165EE #D79CF4 #EDD3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#C165EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#C165EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C165EE

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C165EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C165EE	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B89F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E90EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c165ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 101, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.209 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d795f4',
    500: '#c165ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c165ee;
$custom-light: #d795f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c165ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.292,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66984,
    "c": 0.20878,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C165EE

secondary

#D0EEC1

accent

#DC094E

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF2FE

border

#D4CCD6

text

#150E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C165EE

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

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