Darkmagenta#8B008B

#8B008B is a dark, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.205 H 328.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Darkmagenta — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#8B008B
RGB	rgb(139, 0, 139)
HSL	hsl(300, 100%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(300, 100%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 100%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.60, 62.55, -38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.60, 73.57, 328.23°)
OKLab	oklab(44.68% 0.1748 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(44.68% 0.205 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.3075, 7.3543, 25.0344)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B008B #008B00

analogous

#46008B #8B008B #8B0046

triadic

#8B008B #8B8B00 #008B8B

tetradic

#8B008B #8B4600 #008B00 #00468B

square

#8B008B #8B4600 #008B00 #00468B

split-complementary

#8B008B #468B00 #008B46

monochromatic

#1F001F #4E004E #8B008B #C800C8 #FF06FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#8B008B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8B008B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B008B

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B008B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B008B	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#902450

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b008b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 0, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.205 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b161ad',
    500: '#8b008b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b008b;
$custom-light: #b161ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b008b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 0,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4468,
    "c": 0.20535,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B008B

secondary

#23C423

accent

#FF2929

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110610

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B008B

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

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