#8B16A0#8B16A0

#8B16A0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.210 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B16A0
RGB	rgb(139, 22, 160)
HSL	hsl(291, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(291, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 86.3%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.21, 62.53, -47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.21, 78.47, 322.84°)
OKLab	oklab(46.95% 0.1621 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(46.95% 0.21 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2788, 8.6018, 34.0011)
Luminance	0.0860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B16A0 #2BA016

analogous

#4616A0 #8B16A0 #A01670

triadic

#8B16A0 #A08B16 #16A08B

tetradic

#8B16A0 #A04616 #2BA016 #1670A0

square

#8B16A0 #A04616 #2BA016 #1670A0

split-complementary

#8B16A0 #70A016 #16A046

monochromatic

#2E0734 #5C0F6A #8B16A0 #BA1DD6 #CE4AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.72

#8B16A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#8B16A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B16A0

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B16A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B16A0	1.00	7.72	2.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28579D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C385F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b16a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 22, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.210 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166bd',
    500: '#8b16a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b16a0;
$custom-light: #b166bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b16a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.87,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46953,
    "c": 0.20979,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B16A0

secondary

#5DC84A

accent

#F23552

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6EBF7

border

#D0C6D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B16A0

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

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