#C16BC2#C16BC2

#C16BC2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.155 H 326.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16BC2
RGB	rgb(193, 107, 194)
HSL	hsl(299, 42%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(299, 45%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 44.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, 46.94, -31.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 56.32, 326.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% 0.13 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.155 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9869, 25.7497, 54.0504)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16BC2 #6CC26B

analogous

#966BC2 #C16BC2 #C26B98

triadic

#C16BC2 #C2C16B #6BC2C1

tetradic

#C16BC2 #C2966B #6CC26B #6B98C2

square

#C16BC2 #C2966B #6CC26B #6B98C2

split-complementary

#C16BC2 #98C26B #6BC296

monochromatic

#7E347E #A946AA #C16BC2 #D396D4 #E5C2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#C16BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#C16BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16BC2

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16BC2	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6384C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6748D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 107, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.155 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d598d4',
    500: '#c16bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16bc2;
$custom-light: #d598d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.31,
    "s": 41.627,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65542,
    "c": 0.1554,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16BC2

secondary

#B4D5B3

accent

#D15658

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF2FA

border

#D3CCD3

text

#140E14

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16BC2

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

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