#8A1A79#8A1A79

#8A1A79 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.177 H 335.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1A79
RGB	rgb(138, 26, 121)
HSL	hsl(309, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(309, 81%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.2%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.97, 54.86, -26.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.97, 61.10, 333.88°)
OKLab	oklab(44.57% 0.1606 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(44.57% 0.177 335.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.3020, 7.5239, 18.7845)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1A79 #1A8A2B

analogous

#631A8A #8A1A79 #8A1A41

triadic

#8A1A79 #798A1A #1A798A

tetradic

#8A1A79 #8A631A #1A8A2B #1A418A

square

#8A1A79 #8A631A #1A8A2B #1A418A

split-complementary

#8A1A79 #418A1A #1A8A63

monochromatic

#23071F #57104C #8A1A79 #BD24A6 #DC43C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#8A1A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8A1A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1A79

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1A79	1.00	8.38	2.50	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A437B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 26, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.177 335.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b065a0',
    500: '#8a1a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1a79;
$custom-light: #b065a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.107,
    "s": 68.293,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44568,
    "c": 0.17663,
    "h": 335.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1A79

secondary

#43BD56

accent

#EB573D

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1A79

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

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