#C16CD9#C16CD9

#C16CD9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.177 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16CD9
RGB	rgb(193, 108, 217)
HSL	hsl(287, 59%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(287, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 50.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, 50.85, -42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 66.08, 320.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% 0.1321 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.177 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8776, 27.0738, 68.7573)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16CD9 #84D96C

analogous

#8A6CD9 #C16CD9 #D96CBA

triadic

#C16CD9 #D9C16C #6CD9C1

tetradic

#C16CD9 #D98A6C #84D96C #6CBAD9

square

#C16CD9 #D98A6C #84D96C #6CBAD9

split-complementary

#C16CD9 #BAD96C #6CD98A

monochromatic

#872AA1 #AC3BCC #C16CD9 #D69DE6 #EACDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#C16CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#C16CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16CD9

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16CD9	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5888DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7291D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 108, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.177 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d699e5',
    500: '#c16cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16cd9;
$custom-light: #d699e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.789,
    "s": 58.919,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66808,
    "c": 0.17653,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16CD9

secondary

#C6E4BD

accent

#C71F44

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FC

border

#D3CCD5

text

#150E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16CD9

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

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