#7516B4#7516B4

#7516B4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.220 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7516B4
RGB	rgb(117, 22, 180)
HSL	hsl(276, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(276, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 87.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.25, 63.00, -62.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.25, 88.92, 315.12°)
OKLab	oklab(45.38% 0.1279 -0.179)
OKLCH	oklch(45.38% 0.22 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.8594, 7.6511, 43.8125)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7516B4 #55B416

analogous

#2616B4 #7516B4 #B416A4

triadic

#7516B4 #B47516 #16B475

tetradic

#7516B4 #B42616 #55B416 #16A4B4

square

#7516B4 #B42616 #55B416 #16A4B4

split-complementary

#7516B4 #A4B416 #16B426

monochromatic

#2E0947 #520F7D #7516B4 #9723E4 #B15AEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#7516B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#7516B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7516B4

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7516B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7516B4	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69466A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7516b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(117, 22, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.220 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a364cc',
    500: '#7516b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7516b4;
$custom-light: #a364cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7516b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 117,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.076,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4538,
    "c": 0.22,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7516B4

secondary

#87CE58

accent

#F53380

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F4EBF9

border

#CEC6D2

text

#100613

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7516B4

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

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