#8B167A#8B167A

#8B167A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.181 H 335.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B167A
RGB	rgb(139, 22, 122)
HSL	hsl(309, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(309, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.2%, 12.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.85, 56.27, -27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.85, 62.72, 333.78°)
OKLab	oklab(44.54% 0.1647 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(44.54% 0.181 335.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.4474, 7.4693, 19.0894)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B167A #168B27

analogous

#62168B #8B167A #8B1640

triadic

#8B167A #7A8B16 #167A8B

tetradic

#8B167A #8B6216 #168B27 #16408B

square

#8B167A #8B6216 #168B27 #16408B

split-complementary

#8B167A #408B16 #168B62

monochromatic

#21051D #560E4C #8B167A #C01EA8 #E03BC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#8B167A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8B167A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B167A

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B167A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B167A	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16427D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b167a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 22, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.181 335.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b164a1',
    500: '#8b167a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b167a;
$custom-light: #b164a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b167a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.718,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44535,
    "c": 0.18132,
    "h": 335.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B167A

secondary

#3EBF51

accent

#EF5338

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B167A

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

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