#C16AEE#C16AEE

#C16AEE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.201 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16AEE
RGB	rgb(193, 106, 238)
HSL	hsl(280, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(280, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 55.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, 56.17, -52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 77.14, 316.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% 0.1365 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.201 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5763, 27.8196, 83.9992)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16AEE #97EE6A

analogous

#7F6AEE #C16AEE #EE6AD9

triadic

#C16AEE #EEC16A #6AEEC1

tetradic

#C16AEE #EE7F6A #97EE6A #6AD9EE

square

#C16AEE #EE7F6A #97EE6A #6AD9EE

split-complementary

#C16AEE #D9EE6A #6AEE7F

monochromatic

#8B17C7 #AA33E8 #C16AEE #D8A1F4 #EFD8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#C16AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#C16AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16AEE

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16AEE	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#448BF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6392EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC81A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 106, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.201 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d798f4',
    500: '#c16aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16aee;
$custom-light: #d798f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.545,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67656,
    "c": 0.20141,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16AEE

secondary

#D3EFC5

accent

#DC0A51

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16AEE

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

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