#8B168C#8B168C

#8B168C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.194 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B168C
RGB	rgb(139, 22, 140)
HSL	hsl(299, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(299, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 84.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.89, 59.09, -37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.89, 69.87, 327.75°)
OKLab	oklab(45.61% 0.1645 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(45.61% 0.194 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.6678, 7.9574, 25.5166)
Luminance	0.0796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B168C #178C16

analogous

#50168C #8B168C #8C1652

triadic

#8B168C #8C8B16 #168C8B

tetradic

#8B168C #8C5016 #178C16 #16528C

square

#8B168C #8C5016 #178C16 #16528C

split-complementary

#8B168C #528C16 #168C50

monochromatic

#220522 #560E57 #8B168C #C01EC1 #DF3CE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#8B168C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8B168C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B168C

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B168C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B168C	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F2D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b168c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 22, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.194 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165ae',
    500: '#8b168c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b168c;
$custom-light: #b165ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b168c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.492,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45611,
    "c": 0.1944,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B168C

secondary

#3FC03E

accent

#F0383A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110610

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B168C

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

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