#8A16B4#8A16B4

#8A16B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.225 H 314.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A16B4
RGB	rgb(138, 22, 180)
HSL	hsl(284, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(284, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 87.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.50, 66.06, -57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.50, 87.45, 319.07°)
OKLab	oklab(48.29% 0.1565 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(48.29% 0.225 314)
XYZ	xyz(19.0049, 9.2731, 43.9599)
Luminance	0.0927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A16B4 #40B416

analogous

#3B16B4 #8A16B4 #B4168F

triadic

#8A16B4 #B48A16 #16B48A

tetradic

#8A16B4 #B43B16 #40B416 #168FB4

square

#8A16B4 #B43B16 #40B416 #168FB4

split-complementary

#8A16B4 #8FB416 #16B43B

monochromatic

#360947 #600F7D #8A16B4 #B123E4 #C45AEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#8A16B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8A16B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A16B4

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A16B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A16B4	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86426A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a16b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 22, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.225 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b167cb',
    500: '#8a16b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a16b4;
$custom-light: #b167cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a16b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.051,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48287,
    "c": 0.22541,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.09272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A16B4

secondary

#77CE58

accent

#F53367

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6EBF9

border

#D0C6D2

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A16B4

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

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