#8B147A#8B147A

#8B147A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.183 H 335.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B147A
RGB	rgb(139, 20, 122)
HSL	hsl(309, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(309, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.6%, 12.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.69, 56.74, -27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.69, 63.25, 333.76°)
OKLab	oklab(44.42% 0.1661 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(44.42% 0.183 335.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.4107, 7.3958, 19.0772)
Luminance	0.0739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B147A #148B25

analogous

#60148B #8B147A #8B143E

triadic

#8B147A #7A8B14 #147A8B

tetradic

#8B147A #8B6014 #148B25 #143E8B

square

#8B147A #8B6014 #148B25 #143E8B

split-complementary

#8B147A #3E8B14 #148B60

monochromatic

#20051C #550C4B #8B147A #C11CA9 #E237CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#8B147A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8B147A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B147A

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B147A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B147A	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14427D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b147a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 20, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.183 335.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b164a1',
    500: '#8b147a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b147a;
$custom-light: #b164a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b147a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4442,
    "c": 0.18289,
    "h": 335.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B147A

secondary

#3CBF4E

accent

#F15136

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B147A

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

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