#8516B4#8516B4

#8516B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.224 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8516B4
RGBrgb(133, 22, 180)
HSLhsl(282, 78%, 40%)
HSVhsv(282, 88%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(26.1%, 87.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(35.71, 65.30, -58.63)
CIE-LCHlch(35.71, 87.76, 318.08°)
OKLaboklab(47.58% 0.15 -0.1663)
OKLCHoklch(47.58% 0.224 312)
XYZxyz(18.1964, 8.8562, 43.9220)
Luminance0.0886 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8516B4 #45B416
analogous
#3616B4 #8516B4 #B41694
triadic
#8516B4 #B48516 #16B485
tetradic
#8516B4 #B43616 #45B416 #1694B4
square
#8516B4 #B43616 #45B416 #1694B4
split-complementary
#8516B4 #94B416 #16B436
monochromatic
#340947 #5D0F7D #8516B4 #AB23E4 #C05AEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58
#8516B4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77
#8516B4 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8516B4
7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8516B4#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8516B41.007.582.777.58
#FFFFFF7.581.0021.001.00
#0000002.7721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.581.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#004FB8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0056B1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7F436A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8516b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 22, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.224 312.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae66cb',
    500: '#8516b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8516b4;
$custom-light: #ae66cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8516b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.152,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47575,
    "c": 0.22396,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.08856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8516B4
secondary
#7BCE58
accent
#F5336D
background
#FBF6FC
surface
#F6EBF9
border
#D0C6D2
text
#110713
muted
#807A82

Preview Lab

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#8516B4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva