#C16CD6#C16CD6

#C16CD6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.173 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16CD6
RGB	rgb(193, 108, 214)
HSL	hsl(288, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(288, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 49.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, 50.26, -40.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 64.69, 320.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% 0.1317 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.173 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4909, 26.9191, 66.7210)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16CD6 #81D66C

analogous

#8C6CD6 #C16CD6 #D66CB6

triadic

#C16CD6 #D6C16C #6CD6C1

tetradic

#C16CD6 #D68C6C #81D66C #6CB6D6

square

#C16CD6 #D68C6C #81D66C #6CB6D6

split-complementary

#C16CD6 #B6D66C #6CD68C

monochromatic

#862C9C #AD3CC9 #C16CD6 #D59CE3 #E9CCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#C16CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#C16CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16CD6

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16CD6	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A88DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7391D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 108, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.173 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d699e3',
    500: '#c16cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16cd6;
$custom-light: #d699e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.113,
    "s": 56.383,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66655,
    "c": 0.17347,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16CD6

secondary

#C3E2BC

accent

#C42242

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF2FB

border

#D3CCD4

text

#150E15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16CD6

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

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