#8B147E#8B147E

#8B147E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.186 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B147E
RGB	rgb(139, 20, 126)
HSL	hsl(307, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(307, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.6%, 9.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.91, 57.34, -30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.91, 64.77, 332.28°)
OKLab	oklab(44.65% 0.1662 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(44.65% 0.186 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.6636, 7.4970, 20.4094)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B147E #148B21

analogous

#5C148B #8B147E #8B1442

triadic

#8B147E #7E8B14 #147E8B

tetradic

#8B147E #8B5C14 #148B21 #14428B

square

#8B147E #8B5C14 #148B21 #14428B

split-complementary

#8B147E #428B14 #148B5C

monochromatic

#20051D #550C4D #8B147E #C11CAE #E237D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8B147E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8B147E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B147E

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B147E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B147E	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D4381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41537B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92234B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b147e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 20, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.186 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b164a4',
    500: '#8b147e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b147e;
$custom-light: #b164a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b147e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.555,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44649,
    "c": 0.18568,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B147E

secondary

#3CBF4A

accent

#F14B36

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B147E

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

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