#8A1479#8A1479

#8A1479 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.182 H 335.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1479
RGB	rgb(138, 20, 121)
HSL	hsl(309, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(309, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.5%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.45, 56.38, -27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.45, 62.83, 333.81°)
OKLab	oklab(44.19% 0.1651 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(44.19% 0.182 335.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.1828, 7.2854, 18.7447)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1479 #148A25

analogous

#60148A #8A1479 #8A143E

triadic

#8A1479 #798A14 #14798A

tetradic

#8A1479 #8A6014 #148A25 #143E8A

square

#8A1479 #8A6014 #148A25 #143E8A

split-complementary

#8A1479 #3E8A14 #148A60

monochromatic

#1F051B #550C4A #8A1479 #BF1CA8 #E236C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#8A1479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8A1479 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1479

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1479	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14417C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 20, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.182 335.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b063a0',
    500: '#8a1479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1479;
$custom-light: #b063a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.644,
    "s": 74.684,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44194,
    "c": 0.18169,
    "h": 335.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1479

secondary

#3CBE4E

accent

#F15136

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1479

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

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