#C16CD8#C16CD8

#C16CD8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.175 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16CD8
RGB	rgb(193, 108, 216)
HSL	hsl(287, 58%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(287, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 50%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, 50.65, -41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 65.62, 320.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% 0.132 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.176 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7479, 27.0219, 68.0744)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16CD8 #83D86C

analogous

#8B6CD8 #C16CD8 #D86CB9

triadic

#C16CD8 #D8C16C #6CD8C1

tetradic

#C16CD8 #D88B6C #83D86C #6CB9D8

square

#C16CD8 #D88B6C #83D86C #6CB9D8

split-complementary

#C16CD8 #B9D86C #6CD88B

monochromatic

#862A9F #AD3CCB #C16CD8 #D59CE5 #EACDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#C16CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#C16CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16CD8

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16CD8	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5888DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7291D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 108, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.175 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d699e4',
    500: '#c16cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16cd8;
$custom-light: #d699e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.222,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66757,
    "c": 0.1755,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16CD8

secondary

#C5E3BD

accent

#C62043

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FC

border

#D3CCD5

text

#150E15

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16CD8

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

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