#C16CEE#C16CEE

#C16CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.198 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C16CEE
RGB	rgb(193, 108, 238)
HSL	hsl(279, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(279, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 54.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, 55.17, -52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 76.00, 316.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% 0.134 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.198 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7848, 28.2367, 84.0687)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C16CEE #99EE6C

analogous

#806CEE #C16CEE #EE6CDA

triadic

#C16CEE #EEC16C #6CEEC1

tetradic

#C16CEE #EE806C #99EE6C #6CDAEE

square

#C16CEE #EE806C #99EE6C #6CDAEE

split-complementary

#C16CEE #DAEE6C #6CEE80

monochromatic

#8B17C8 #AA35E8 #C16CEE #D8A3F4 #EFDAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#C16CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#C16CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C16CEE

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C16CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C16CEE	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#478CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6593EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC82A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c16cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 108, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.198 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d699f4',
    500: '#c16cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c16cee;
$custom-light: #d699f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c16cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.231,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67933,
    "c": 0.1984,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C16CEE

secondary

#D5EFC7

accent

#DC0A52

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C16CEE

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

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