#816B8A#816B8A

#816B8A is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.054 H 316.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#816B8A
RGB	rgb(129, 107, 138)
HSL	hsl(283, 13%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(283, 22%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.28, 14.75, -13.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.28, 20.18, 316.97°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% 0.0386 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.054 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.8977, 17.0178, 26.3291)
Luminance	0.1702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#816B8A #748A6B

analogous

#716B8A #816B8A #8A6B83

triadic

#816B8A #8A816B #6B8A81

tetradic

#816B8A #8A716B #748A6B #6B838A

square

#816B8A #8A716B #748A6B #6B838A

split-complementary

#816B8A #838A6B #6B8A71

monochromatic

#413645 #615068 #816B8A #9F8CA6 #BBAFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#816B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#816B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #816B8A

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##816B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##816B8A	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67718B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #816b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 107, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.054 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a595ac',
    500: '#816b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #816b8a;
$custom-light: #a595ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#816b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.581,
    "s": 12.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55987,
    "c": 0.05368,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#816B8A

secondary

#A5B0A1

accent

#B67286

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F1F4

border

#CECBCE

text

#0F0D10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #816B8A

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

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