#8516B3#8516B3

#8516B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.223 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8516B3
RGB	rgb(133, 22, 179)
HSL	hsl(282, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(282, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 87.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.63, 65.11, -58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.63, 87.30, 318.22°)
OKLab	oklab(47.5% 0.1503 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(47.5% 0.223 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0949, 8.8156, 43.3875)
Luminance	0.0882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8516B3 #44B316

analogous

#3616B3 #8516B3 #B31693

triadic

#8516B3 #B38516 #16B385

tetradic

#8516B3 #B33616 #44B316 #1693B3

square

#8516B3 #B33616 #44B316 #1693B3

split-complementary

#8516B3 #93B316 #16B336

monochromatic

#340946 #5D0F7C #8516B3 #AB22E4 #C059EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#8516B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#8516B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8516B3

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8516B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8516B3	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F436A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8516b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 22, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.223 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae66cb',
    500: '#8516b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8516b3;
$custom-light: #ae66cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8516b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.42,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47495,
    "c": 0.22314,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8516B3

secondary

#7ACE57

accent

#F5336C

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6EBF9

border

#D0C6D2

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8516B3

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

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