#C16BD6#C16BD6

#C16BD6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.175 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16BD6
RGB	rgb(193, 107, 214)
HSL	hsl(288, 57%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(288, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 50%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, 50.77, -41.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 65.28, 321.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% 0.1331 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.175 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3861, 26.7094, 66.6860)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16BD6 #80D66B

analogous

#8B6BD6 #C16BD6 #D66BB6

triadic

#C16BD6 #D6C16B #6BD6C1

tetradic

#C16BD6 #D68B6B #80D66B #6BB6D6

square

#C16BD6 #D68B6B #80D66B #6BB6D6

split-complementary

#C16BD6 #B6D66B #6BD68B

monochromatic

#852B9C #AD3BC9 #C16BD6 #D59BE3 #E9CBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#C16BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#C16BD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16BD6

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16BD6	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5887DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7290D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 107, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.175 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d698e3',
    500: '#c16bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16bd6;
$custom-light: #d698e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.224,
    "s": 56.614,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66511,
    "c": 0.17508,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16BD6

secondary

#C3E2BB

accent

#C42141

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF2FB

border

#D3CCD4

text

#150E15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16BD6

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

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