#C16CD3#C16CD3

#C16CD3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.170 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16CD3
RGB	rgb(193, 108, 211)
HSL	hsl(290, 54%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(290, 49%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 48.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, 49.66, -39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 63.31, 321.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% 0.1313 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.17 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1113, 26.7673, 64.7218)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16CD3 #7ED36C

analogous

#8E6CD3 #C16CD3 #D36CB1

triadic

#C16CD3 #D3C16C #6CD3C1

tetradic

#C16CD3 #D38E6C #7ED36C #6CB1D3

square

#C16CD3 #D38E6C #7ED36C #6CB1D3

split-complementary

#C16CD3 #B1D36C #6CD38E

monochromatic

#852D97 #AD3DC5 #C16CD3 #D59BE1 #E9CAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#C16CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#C16CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16CD3

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16CD3	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B87D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7591D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 108, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.170 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d699e1',
    500: '#c16cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16cd3;
$custom-light: #d699e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.515,
    "s": 53.927,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66504,
    "c": 0.17042,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16CD3

secondary

#C1E0BB

accent

#C12440

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF2FB

border

#D3CCD4

text

#150E15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16CD3

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

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