#8A1581#8A1581

#8A1581 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 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1581
RGB	rgb(138, 21, 129)
HSL	hsl(305, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(305, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.8%, 6.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.98, 57.36, -31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.98, 65.64, 330.91°)
OKLab	oklab(44.71% 0.1645 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(44.71% 0.187 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.7119, 7.5259, 21.4424)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1581 #158A1E

analogous

#58158A #8A1581 #8A1546

triadic

#8A1581 #818A15 #15818A

tetradic

#8A1581 #8A5815 #158A1E #15468A

square

#8A1581 #8A5815 #158A1E #15468A

split-complementary

#8A1581 #468A15 #158A58

monochromatic

#20051E #550D4F #8A1581 #BF1DB3 #E139D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#8A1581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8A1581 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1581

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1581	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#054384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F537E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90264C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 21, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.187 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b064a6',
    500: '#8a1581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1581;
$custom-light: #b064a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.615,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44714,
    "c": 0.18659,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1581

secondary

#3DBE47

accent

#F04638

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1581

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

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