#C16AEF#C16AEF

#C16AEF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.202 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16AEF
RGB	rgb(193, 106, 239)
HSL	hsl(279, 81%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(279, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 55.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, 56.38, -53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 77.61, 316.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% 0.1366 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.202 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7236, 27.8786, 84.7751)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16AEF #98EF6A

analogous

#7E6AEF #C16AEF #EF6ADB

triadic

#C16AEF #EFC16A #6AEFC1

tetradic

#C16AEF #EF7E6A #98EF6A #6ADBEF

square

#C16AEF #EF7E6A #98EF6A #6ADBEF

split-complementary

#C16AEF #DBEF6A #6AEF7E

monochromatic

#8B16C9 #AA33E9 #C16AEF #D8A1F5 #EFD9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#C16AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#C16AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16AEF

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16AEF	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#438BF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6292EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC81A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 106, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.202 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d798f5',
    500: '#c16aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16aef;
$custom-light: #d798f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.248,
    "s": 80.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67713,
    "c": 0.20244,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16AEF

secondary

#D4EFC6

accent

#DD0952

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FBF2FE

border

#D4CCD6

text

#150E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16AEF

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

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