#8A16A0#8A16A0

#8A16A0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.209 H 320.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A16A0
RGB	rgb(138, 22, 160)
HSL	hsl(290, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(290, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 86.3%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.04, 62.35, -47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.04, 78.50, 322.59°)
OKLab	oklab(46.8% 0.1609 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(46.8% 0.209 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1125, 8.5161, 33.9933)
Luminance	0.0852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A16A0 #2CA016

analogous

#4516A0 #8A16A0 #A01671

triadic

#8A16A0 #A08A16 #16A08A

tetradic

#8A16A0 #A04516 #2CA016 #1671A0

square

#8A16A0 #A04516 #2CA016 #1671A0

split-complementary

#8A16A0 #71A016 #16A045

monochromatic

#2D0734 #5C0F6A #8A16A0 #B81DD6 #CD4AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.77

#8A16A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#8A16A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A16A0

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A16A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A16A0	1.00	7.77	2.70	7.77
#FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27569D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A385F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a16a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 22, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.209 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166bd',
    500: '#8a16a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a16a0;
$custom-light: #b166bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a16a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.435,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46801,
    "c": 0.20942,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A16A0

secondary

#5EC84A

accent

#F23554

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6EBF7

border

#D0C6D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A16A0

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

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