#8A1481#8A1481

#8A1481 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.187 H 331.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1481
RGB	rgb(138, 20, 129)
HSL	hsl(305, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(305, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.5%, 6.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.90, 57.59, -32.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.90, 65.90, 330.91°)
OKLab	oklab(44.66% 0.1652 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(44.66% 0.187 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.6939, 7.4898, 21.4364)
Luminance	0.0749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1481 #148A1D

analogous

#58148A #8A1481 #8A1446

triadic

#8A1481 #818A14 #14818A

tetradic

#8A1481 #8A5814 #148A1D #14468A

square

#8A1481 #8A5814 #148A1D #14468A

split-complementary

#8A1481 #468A14 #148A58

monochromatic

#1F051D #550C4F #8A1481 #BF1CB3 #E236D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#8A1481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8A1481 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1481

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1481	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#044384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F537E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90264C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 20, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.187 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b064a6',
    500: '#8a1481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1481;
$custom-light: #b064a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.576,
    "s": 74.684,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44659,
    "c": 0.18734,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1481

secondary

#3CBE46

accent

#F14536

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1481

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

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