#C16BE3#C16BE3

#C16BE3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.188 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16BE3
RGB	rgb(193, 107, 227)
HSL	hsl(283, 68%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(283, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 52.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, 53.38, -47.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 71.35, 318.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% 0.1345 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.188 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1130, 27.4002, 75.7812)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16BE3 #8DE36B

analogous

#856BE3 #C16BE3 #E36BC9

triadic

#C16BE3 #E3C16B #6BE3C1

tetradic

#C16BE3 #E3856B #8DE36B #6BC9E3

square

#C16BE3 #E3856B #8DE36B #6BC9E3

split-complementary

#C16BE3 #C9E36B #6BE385

monochromatic

#8922B2 #AB38D9 #C16BE3 #D79EED #ECD2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#C16BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#C16BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16BE3

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16BE3	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F8AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B91E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 107, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.188 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d698ec',
    500: '#c16be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16be3;
$custom-light: #d698ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6719,
    "c": 0.18843,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16BE3

secondary

#CCE9C1

accent

#D0154A

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16BE3

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

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