#8A168D#8A168D

#8A168D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.195 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A168D
RGB	rgb(138, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(298, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(298, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.78, 59.06, -38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.78, 70.28, 327.18°)
OKLab	oklab(45.51% 0.1634 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(45.51% 0.195 327)
XYZ	xyz(15.5756, 7.9013, 25.8989)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A168D #198D16

analogous

#4E168D #8A168D #8D1655

triadic

#8A168D #8D8A16 #168D8A

tetradic

#8A168D #8D4E16 #198D16 #16558D

square

#8A168D #8D4E16 #198D16 #16558D

split-complementary

#8A168D #558D16 #168D4E

monochromatic

#220523 #560E58 #8A168D #BE1EC2 #DD3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#8A168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8A168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A168D

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A168D	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38548A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E2E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.195 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b065af',
    500: '#8a168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a168d;
$custom-light: #b065af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.487,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45514,
    "c": 0.19472,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A168D

secondary

#42C13E

accent

#F0383D

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110610

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A168D

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

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