#C16AE5#C16AE5

#C16AE5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.192 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16AE5
RGB	rgb(193, 106, 229)
HSL	hsl(282, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(282, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 53.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, 54.30, -48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 72.87, 318.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% 0.136 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.192 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2870, 27.3039, 77.2088)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16AE5 #8EE56A

analogous

#836AE5 #C16AE5 #E56ACB

triadic

#C16AE5 #E5C16A #6AE5C1

tetradic

#C16AE5 #E5836A #8EE56A #6ACBE5

square

#C16AE5 #E5836A #8EE56A #6ACBE5

split-complementary

#C16AE5 #CBE56A #6AE583

monochromatic

#8920B5 #AB36DC #C16AE5 #D79EEE #ECD2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#C16AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#C16AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16AE5

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16AE5	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C89E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6991E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 106, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.192 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d698ee',
    500: '#c16ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16ae5;
$custom-light: #d698ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.439,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67158,
    "c": 0.19204,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16AE5

secondary

#CDEAC1

accent

#D2134B

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16AE5

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

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