#C16BE9#C16BE9

#C16BE9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.195 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16BE9
RGB	rgb(193, 107, 233)
HSL	hsl(281, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(281, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 54.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, 54.62, -50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 74.19, 317.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% 0.1349 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.195 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9556, 27.7372, 80.2187)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16BE9 #93E96B

analogous

#826BE9 #C16BE9 #E96BD2

triadic

#C16BE9 #E9C16B #6BE9C1

tetradic

#C16BE9 #E9826B #93E96B #6BD2E9

square

#C16BE9 #E9826B #93E96B #6BD2E9

split-complementary

#C16BE9 #D2E96B #6BE982

monochromatic

#8A1CBD #AB36E1 #C16BE9 #D7A0F1 #EED6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#C16BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#C16BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16BE9

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16BE9	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A8BED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6792E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE80A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 107, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.195 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d699f0',
    500: '#c16be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16be9;
$custom-light: #d699f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.952,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67516,
    "c": 0.19468,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16BE9

secondary

#D0ECC4

accent

#D60F4E

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16BE9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →