#8B168A#8B168A

#8B168A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.193 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B168A
RGB	rgb(139, 22, 138)
HSL	hsl(301, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(301, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.2%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.77, 58.77, -36.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.77, 69.04, 328.34°)
OKLab	oklab(45.49% 0.1646 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(45.49% 0.193 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.5217, 7.8990, 24.7470)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B168A #168B17

analogous

#52168B #8B168A #8B1650

triadic

#8B168A #8A8B16 #168A8B

tetradic

#8B168A #8B5216 #168B17 #16508B

square

#8B168A #8B5216 #168B17 #16508B

split-complementary

#8B168A #508B16 #168B52

monochromatic

#210521 #560E56 #8B168A #C01EBE #E03BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#8B168A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8B168A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B168A

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B168A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B168A	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)

#00468D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B5587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#902C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b168a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 22, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.193 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165ad',
    500: '#8b168a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b168a;
$custom-light: #b165ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b168a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.513,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45485,
    "c": 0.19291,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B168A

secondary

#3EBF3F

accent

#EF3A38

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110610

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B168A

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

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