#8A16A1#8A16A1

#8A16A1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.210 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A16A1
RGB	rgb(138, 22, 161)
HSL	hsl(290, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(290, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 86.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.11, 62.53, -48.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.11, 78.94, 322.39°)
OKLab	oklab(46.87% 0.1607 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(46.87% 0.21 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2004, 8.5512, 34.4559)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A16A1 #2DA116

analogous

#4416A1 #8A16A1 #A11672

triadic

#8A16A1 #A18A16 #16A18A

tetradic

#8A16A1 #A14416 #2DA116 #1672A1

square

#8A16A1 #A14416 #2DA116 #1672A1

split-complementary

#8A16A1 #72A116 #16A144

monochromatic

#2E0735 #5C0F6B #8A16A1 #B81DD7 #CD4BE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#8A16A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#8A16A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A16A1

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A16A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A16A1	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26569E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A385F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a16a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 22, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.210 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166be',
    500: '#8a16a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a16a1;
$custom-light: #b166be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a16a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.072,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46872,
    "c": 0.21021,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A16A1

secondary

#60C84B

accent

#F33555

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6EBF7

border

#D0C6D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A16A1

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

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