#8516C9#8516C9

#8516C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.241 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8516C9
RGBrgb(133, 22, 201)
HSLhsl(277, 80%, 44%)
HSVhsv(277, 89%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(33.8%, 89.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(37.44, 69.51, -68.15)
CIE-LCHlch(37.44, 97.35, 315.56°)
OKLaboklab(49.31% 0.1433 -0.1943)
OKLCHoklch(49.31% 0.241 306.4)
XYZxyz(20.5000, 9.7776, 56.0543)
Luminance0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8516C9 #5AC916
analogous
#2C16C9 #8516C9 #C916B3
triadic
#8516C9 #C98516 #16C985
tetradic
#8516C9 #C92C16 #5AC916 #16B3C9
square
#8516C9 #C92C16 #5AC916 #16B3C9
split-complementary
#8516C9 #B3C916 #16C92C
monochromatic
#3C0A5B #601092 #8516C9 #A433E9 #BD6BEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11
#8516C9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96
#8516C9 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8516C9
7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8516C9#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8516C91.007.112.967.11
#FFFFFF7.111.0021.001.00
#0000002.9621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.111.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0055CD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0059C6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#784E77
Achromatopsia (no color)
#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8516c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 22, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.241 306.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af68db',
    500: '#8516c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8516c9;
$custom-light: #af68db;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8516c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.207,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49306,
    "c": 0.24146,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8516C9
secondary
#90D467
accent
#F7317C
background
#FBF6FD
surface
#F6ECFB
border
#D0C7D4
text
#110715
muted
#807A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8516C9

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#8516C9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva