#8C167E#8C167E

#8C167E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.185 H 333.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C167E
RGB	rgb(140, 22, 126)
HSL	hsl(307, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(307, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.3%, 10%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.26, 57.09, -29.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.26, 64.29, 332.62°)
OKLab	oklab(44.93% 0.1658 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(44.93% 0.185 333.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.8682, 7.6570, 20.4295)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C167E #168C24

analogous

#5F168C #8C167E #8C1643

triadic

#8C167E #7E8C16 #167E8C

tetradic

#8C167E #8C5F16 #168C24 #16438C

square

#8C167E #8C5F16 #168C24 #16438C

split-complementary

#8C167E #438C16 #168C5F

monochromatic

#22051F #570E4E #8C167E #C11EAE #E03CCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#8C167E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8C167E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C167E

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C167E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C167E	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#114481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43547B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93244B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c167e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 22, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.185 333.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a4',
    500: '#8c167e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c167e;
$custom-light: #b165a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c167e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.119,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4493,
    "c": 0.18464,
    "h": 333.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C167E

secondary

#3EC04E

accent

#F04E38

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C167E

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

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