#7516B3#7516B3

#7516B3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.219 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7516B3
RGB	rgb(117, 22, 179)
HSL	hsl(276, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(276, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 87.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.16, 62.79, -62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.16, 88.45, 315.23°)
OKLab	oklab(45.29% 0.1283 -0.1776)
OKLCH	oklch(45.29% 0.219 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.7579, 7.6105, 43.2779)
Luminance	0.0761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7516B3 #54B316

analogous

#2716B3 #7516B3 #B316A2

triadic

#7516B3 #B37516 #16B375

tetradic

#7516B3 #B32716 #54B316 #16A2B3

square

#7516B3 #B32716 #54B316 #16A2B3

split-complementary

#7516B3 #A2B316 #16B327

monochromatic

#2E0946 #510F7C #7516B3 #9722E4 #B159EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#7516B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#7516B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7516B3

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7516B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7516B3	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69456A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7516b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(117, 22, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.219 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a364cb',
    500: '#7516b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7516b3;
$custom-light: #a364cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7516b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 117,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.306,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45293,
    "c": 0.21912,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7516B3

secondary

#86CE57

accent

#F53380

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F4EBF9

border

#CEC6D2

text

#100613

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7516B3

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

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