#C16CEC#C16CEC

#C16CEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.196 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16CEC
RGB	rgb(193, 108, 236)
HSL	hsl(280, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(280, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 54.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.00, 54.75, -51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.00, 75.04, 316.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% 0.1339 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.196 313)
XYZ	xyz(42.4926, 28.1198, 82.5298)
Luminance	0.2812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16CEC #97EC6C

analogous

#816CEC #C16CEC #EC6CD7

triadic

#C16CEC #ECC16C #6CECC1

tetradic

#C16CEC #EC816C #97EC6C #6CD7EC

square

#C16CEC #EC816C #97EC6C #6CD7EC

split-complementary

#C16CEC #D7EC6C #6CEC81

monochromatic

#8B19C4 #AA36E5 #C16CEC #D8A2F3 #EFD8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#C16CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#C16CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16CEC

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16CEC	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#498CF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6693E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD82A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 108, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.196 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d699f3',
    500: '#c16cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16cec;
$custom-light: #d699f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.844,
    "s": 77.108,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67821,
    "c": 0.1963,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.28119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16CEC

secondary

#D3EEC6

accent

#D90C51

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16CEC

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

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