#8A1878#8A1878

#8A1878 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.178 H 335.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1878
RGB	rgb(138, 24, 120)
HSL	hsl(309, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(309, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.6%, 13%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.73, 55.25, -26.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.73, 61.34, 334.25°)
OKLab	oklab(44.38% 0.1621 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(44.38% 0.178 335.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.1983, 7.4139, 18.4489)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1878 #188A2A

analogous

#63188A #8A1878 #8A183F

triadic

#8A1878 #788A18 #18788A

tetradic

#8A1878 #8A6318 #188A2A #183F8A

square

#8A1878 #8A6318 #188A2A #183F8A

split-complementary

#8A1878 #3F8A18 #188A63

monochromatic

#22061D #560F4B #8A1878 #BE21A5 #DE3FC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#8A1878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8A1878 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1878

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1878	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#19427A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 24, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.178 335.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0659f',
    500: '#8a1878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1878;
$custom-light: #b0659f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.474,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44379,
    "c": 0.17772,
    "h": 335.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1878

secondary

#40BD54

accent

#ED573B

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1878

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

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