#8B168E#8B168E

#8B168E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.196 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B168E
RGB	rgb(139, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(299, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(299, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.02, 59.42, -38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.02, 70.71, 327.19°)
OKLab	oklab(45.74% 0.1644 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(45.74% 0.196 327)
XYZ	xyz(15.8166, 8.0169, 26.3003)
Luminance	0.0802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B168E #198E16

analogous

#4F168E #8B168E #8E1655

triadic

#8B168E #8E8B16 #168E8B

tetradic

#8B168E #8E4F16 #198E16 #16558E

square

#8B168E #8E4F16 #198E16 #16558E

split-complementary

#8B168E #558E16 #168E4F

monochromatic

#230624 #570E59 #8B168E #BF1EC3 #DD3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#8B168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8B168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B168E

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B168E	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38558B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F2E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.196 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165af',
    500: '#8b168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b168e;
$custom-light: #b165af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45739,
    "c": 0.19591,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.08016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B168E

secondary

#42C13F

accent

#F0383D

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF5

border

#D0C6CF

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B168E

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

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