#8A1979#8A1979

#8A1979 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.178 H 335.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1979
RGB	rgb(138, 25, 121)
HSL	hsl(309, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(309, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.88, 55.14, -27.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.88, 61.42, 333.86°)
OKLab	oklab(44.5% 0.1614 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(44.5% 0.178 335.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.2803, 7.4803, 18.7772)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1979 #198A2A

analogous

#63198A #8A1979 #8A1940

triadic

#8A1979 #798A19 #19798A

tetradic

#8A1979 #8A6319 #198A2A #19408A

square

#8A1979 #8A6319 #198A2A #19408A

split-complementary

#8A1979 #408A19 #198A63

monochromatic

#22061E #56104C #8A1979 #BE22A6 #DD41C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#8A1979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8A1979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1979

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1979	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)

#19437B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 25, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.178 335.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b065a0',
    500: '#8a1979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1979;
$custom-light: #b065a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.027,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.445,
    "c": 0.17754,
    "h": 335.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1979

secondary

#42BD54

accent

#EC563C

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1979

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

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