#8B1479#8B1479

#8B1479 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.182 H 335.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1479
RGB	rgb(139, 20, 121)
HSL	hsl(309, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(309, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.6%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.64, 56.59, -27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.64, 62.88, 334.15°)
OKLab	oklab(44.36% 0.1661 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(44.36% 0.182 335.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.3491, 7.3711, 18.7525)
Luminance	0.0737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1479 #148B26

analogous

#61148B #8B1479 #8B143D

triadic

#8B1479 #798B14 #14798B

tetradic

#8B1479 #8B6114 #148B26 #143D8B

square

#8B1479 #8B6114 #148B26 #143D8B

split-complementary

#8B1479 #3D8B14 #148B61

monochromatic

#20051C #550C4A #8B1479 #C11CA8 #E237C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#8B1479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8B1479 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1479

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1479	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15427B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 20, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.182 335.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b164a0',
    500: '#8b1479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1479;
$custom-light: #b164a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.076,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44364,
    "c": 0.1822,
    "h": 335.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1479

secondary

#3CBF50

accent

#F15336

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1479

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

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