#C169EE#C169EE

#C169EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.203 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C169EE
RGB	rgb(193, 105, 238)
HSL	hsl(280, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(280, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 55.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, 56.67, -53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 77.70, 316.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% 0.1378 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.203 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4738, 27.6147, 83.9651)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C169EE #96EE69

analogous

#7E69EE #C169EE #EE69D9

triadic

#C169EE #EEC169 #69EEC1

tetradic

#C169EE #EE7E69 #96EE69 #69D9EE

square

#C169EE #EE7E69 #96EE69 #69D9EE

split-complementary

#C169EE #D9EE69 #69EE7E

monochromatic

#8B16C6 #AA32E8 #C169EE #D8A0F4 #EED7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#C169EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#C169EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C169EE

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C169EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C169EE	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#428BF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6291EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC80A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c169ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 105, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.203 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d797f4',
    500: '#c169ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c169ee;
$custom-light: #d797f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c169ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.699,
    "s": 79.641,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6752,
    "c": 0.2029,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C169EE

secondary

#D3EEC4

accent

#DC0A51

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C169EE

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

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