#8B1478#8B1478

#8B1478 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.182 H 336.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1478
RGB	rgb(139, 20, 120)
HSL	hsl(310, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(310, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.6%, 13.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.58, 56.45, -26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.58, 62.51, 334.54°)
OKLab	oklab(44.31% 0.166 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(44.31% 0.182 336.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.2880, 7.3467, 18.4312)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1478 #148B27

analogous

#62148B #8B1478 #8B143C

triadic

#8B1478 #788B14 #14788B

tetradic

#8B1478 #8B6214 #148B27 #143C8B

square

#8B1478 #8B6214 #148B27 #143C8B

split-complementary

#8B1478 #3C8B14 #148B62

monochromatic

#20051C #550C4A #8B1478 #C11CA6 #E237C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#8B1478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8B1478 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1478

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1478	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16427A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#931F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 20, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.182 336.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1649f',
    500: '#8b1478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1478;
$custom-light: #b1649f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.58,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44308,
    "c": 0.18151,
    "h": 336.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1478

secondary

#3CBF51

accent

#F15436

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1478

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

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