#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
RGB	rgb(133, 22, 201)
HSL	hsl(277, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(277, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 89.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.44, 69.51, -68.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.44, 97.35, 315.56°)
OKLab	oklab(49.31% 0.1433 -0.1943)
OKLCH	oklch(49.31% 0.241 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5000, 9.7776, 56.0543)
Luminance	0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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
##8516C9	1.00	7.11	2.96	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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