#C16AEC#C16AEC

#C16AEC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.199 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16AEC
RGB	rgb(193, 106, 236)
HSL	hsl(280, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(280, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 55.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, 55.75, -51.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 76.18, 317.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% 0.1364 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.199 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2841, 27.7028, 82.4603)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16AEC #95EC6A

analogous

#806AEC #C16AEC #EC6AD6

triadic

#C16AEC #ECC16A #6AECC1

tetradic

#C16AEC #EC806A #95EC6A #6AD6EC

square

#C16AEC #EC806A #95EC6A #6AD6EC

split-complementary

#C16AEC #D6EC6A #6AEC80

monochromatic

#8B19C3 #AA34E5 #C16AEC #D8A0F3 #EED7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#C16AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#C16AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16AEC

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16AEC	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#468BF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6492E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD80A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 106, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.199 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d698f3',
    500: '#c16aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16aec;
$custom-light: #d698f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.154,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67544,
    "c": 0.19931,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16AEC

secondary

#D2EEC4

accent

#DA0C50

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16AEC

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

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