#C16CD5#C16CD5

#C16CD5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.172 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16CD5
RGB	rgb(193, 108, 213)
HSL	hsl(289, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(289, 49%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 49.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, 50.06, -40.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 64.23, 321.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% 0.1316 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.172 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3636, 26.8682, 66.0505)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16CD5 #80D56C

analogous

#8C6CD5 #C16CD5 #D56CB5

triadic

#C16CD5 #D5C16C #6CD5C1

tetradic

#C16CD5 #D58C6C #80D56C #6CB5D5

square

#C16CD5 #D58C6C #80D56C #6CB5D5

split-complementary

#C16CD5 #B5D56C #6CD58C

monochromatic

#852C9A #AD3CC7 #C16CD5 #D59CE3 #E9CBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#C16CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#C16CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16CD5

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16CD5	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A88D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7491D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 108, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.172 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d699e2',
    500: '#c16cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16cd5;
$custom-light: #d699e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66605,
    "c": 0.17245,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16CD5

secondary

#C3E1BB

accent

#C32241

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF2FB

border

#D3CCD4

text

#150E15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16CD5

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

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