#8B168B#8B168B

#8B168B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.194 H 328.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B168B
RGB	rgb(139, 22, 139)
HSL	hsl(300, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(300, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.83, 58.93, -36.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.83, 69.45, 328.04°)
OKLab	oklab(45.55% 0.1646 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(45.55% 0.194 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.5944, 7.9281, 25.1300)
Luminance	0.0793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B168B #168B16

analogous

#51168B #8B168B #8B1651

triadic

#8B168B #8B8B16 #168B8B

tetradic

#8B168B #8B5116 #168B16 #16518B

square

#8B168B #8B5116 #168B16 #16518B

split-complementary

#8B168B #518B16 #168B51

monochromatic

#210521 #560E56 #8B168B #C01EC0 #E03BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#8B168B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8B168B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B168B

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B168B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B168B	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#902C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b168b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 22, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.194 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165ad',
    500: '#8b168b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b168b;
$custom-light: #b165ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b168b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45548,
    "c": 0.19365,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B168B

secondary

#3EBF3E

accent

#EF3838

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110610

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B168B

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

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