#8A1779#8A1779

#8A1779 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.179 H 335.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1779
RGB	rgb(138, 23, 121)
HSL	hsl(309, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(309, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.70, 55.66, -27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.70, 62.01, 333.84°)
OKLab	oklab(44.37% 0.1629 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(44.37% 0.179 335.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.2390, 7.3979, 18.7635)
Luminance	0.0740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1779 #178A28

analogous

#62178A #8A1779 #8A173F

triadic

#8A1779 #798A17 #17798A

tetradic

#8A1779 #8A6217 #178A28 #173F8A

square

#8A1779 #8A6217 #178A28 #173F8A

split-complementary

#8A1779 #3F8A17 #178A62

monochromatic

#21061D #560E4B #8A1779 #BE20A7 #DF3DC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#8A1779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8A1779 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1779

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1779	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17427B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 23, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.179 335.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b064a0',
    500: '#8a1779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1779;
$custom-light: #b064a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.87,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44371,
    "c": 0.17928,
    "h": 335.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1779

secondary

#3FBE52

accent

#EE543A

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1779

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

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