#8B1482#8B1482

#8B1482 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.189 H 331.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1482
RGB	rgb(139, 20, 130)
HSL	hsl(305, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(305, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.6%, 6.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.14, 57.95, -32.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.14, 66.33, 330.89°)
OKLab	oklab(44.89% 0.1662 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(44.89% 0.189 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.9269, 7.6023, 21.7960)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1482 #148B1D

analogous

#58148B #8B1482 #8B1446

triadic

#8B1482 #828B14 #14828B

tetradic

#8B1482 #8B5814 #148B1D #14468B

square

#8B1482 #8B5814 #148B1D #14468B

split-complementary

#8B1482 #468B14 #148B58

monochromatic

#20051E #550C50 #8B1482 #C11CB4 #E237D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#8B1482 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B1482 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1482

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1482	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1482	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#034485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F547F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91264D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1482;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 20, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.189 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b164a7',
    500: '#8b1482',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1482;
$custom-light: #b164a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1482",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.538,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44885,
    "c": 0.18853,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1482

secondary

#3CBF46

accent

#F14436

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1482

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

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