#8A1579#8A1579

#8A1579 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.181 H 335.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1579
RGB	rgb(138, 21, 121)
HSL	hsl(309, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(309, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.8%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.53, 56.14, -27.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.53, 62.56, 333.82°)
OKLab	oklab(44.25% 0.1644 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(44.25% 0.181 335.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.2008, 7.3214, 18.7507)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1579 #158A26

analogous

#60158A #8A1579 #8A153E

triadic

#8A1579 #798A15 #15798A

tetradic

#8A1579 #8A6015 #158A26 #153E8A

square

#8A1579 #8A6015 #158A26 #153E8A

split-complementary

#8A1579 #3E8A15 #158A60

monochromatic

#20051C #550D4A #8A1579 #BF1DA8 #E139C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#8A1579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8A1579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1579

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1579	1.00	8.52	2.46	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15427B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 21, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.181 335.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b064a0',
    500: '#8a1579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1579;
$custom-light: #b064a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.718,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44251,
    "c": 0.18091,
    "h": 335.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1579

secondary

#3DBE50

accent

#F05238

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1579

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

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