#8B1481#8B1481

#8B1481 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.188 H 332.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1481
RGB	rgb(139, 20, 129)
HSL	hsl(305, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(305, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.6%, 7.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.08, 57.79, -31.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.08, 65.94, 331.23°)
OKLab	oklab(44.83% 0.1662 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(44.83% 0.188 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.8601, 7.5756, 21.4442)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1481 #148B1E

analogous

#59148B #8B1481 #8B1445

triadic

#8B1481 #818B14 #14818B

tetradic

#8B1481 #8B5914 #148B1E #14458B

square

#8B1481 #8B5914 #148B1E #14458B

split-complementary

#8B1481 #458B14 #148B59

monochromatic

#20051E #550C4F #8B1481 #C11CB3 #E237D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#8B1481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8B1481 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1481

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1481	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#064384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40537E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91254C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 20, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.188 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b164a6',
    500: '#8b1481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1481;
$custom-light: #b164a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.042,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44825,
    "c": 0.18782,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1481

secondary

#3CBF47

accent

#F14636

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1481

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

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