#C16BD4#C16BD4

#C16BD4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.173 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16BD4
RGB	rgb(193, 107, 212)
HSL	hsl(289, 55%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(289, 50%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 49.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, 50.37, -40.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 64.36, 321.50°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% 0.1329 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.173 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1322, 26.6079, 65.3491)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16BD4 #7ED46B

analogous

#8D6BD4 #C16BD4 #D46BB2

triadic

#C16BD4 #D4C16B #6BD4C1

tetradic

#C16BD4 #D48D6B #7ED46B #6BB2D4

square

#C16BD4 #D48D6B #7ED46B #6BB2D4

split-complementary

#C16BD4 #B2D46B #6BD48D

monochromatic

#852C98 #AD3CC6 #C16BD4 #D59AE2 #E9CAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#C16BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#C16BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16BD4

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16BD4	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A87D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7390D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 107, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.173 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d698e1',
    500: '#c16bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16bd4;
$custom-light: #d698e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.143,
    "s": 54.974,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6641,
    "c": 0.17306,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16BD4

secondary

#C1E0BA

accent

#C22340

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF2FB

border

#D3CCD4

text

#150E15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16BD4

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

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