#C165F8#C165F8

#C165F8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.219 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C165F8
RGB	rgb(193, 101, 248)
HSL	hsl(278, 91%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(278, 59%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 59.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, 60.73, -58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 84.66, 315.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% 0.1429 -0.166)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.219 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5861, 27.4230, 91.7858)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C165F8 #9CF865

analogous

#7765F8 #C165F8 #F865E5

triadic

#C165F8 #F8C165 #65F8C1

tetradic

#C165F8 #F87765 #9CF865 #65E5F8

square

#C165F8 #F87765 #9CF865 #65E5F8

split-complementary

#C165F8 #E5F865 #65F877

monochromatic

#8B0AD9 #A92AF5 #C165F8 #D9A0FB #F0DAFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#C165F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#C165F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C165F8

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C165F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C165F8	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D8BFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5691F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA81A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c165f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 101, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.219 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d795fb',
    500: '#c165f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c165f8;
$custom-light: #d795fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c165f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.551,
    "s": 91.304,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6757,
    "c": 0.21901,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C165F8

secondary

#D7F3C6

accent

#E60056

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF2FF

border

#D4CCD7

text

#150E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C165F8

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

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