#8B1483#8B1483

#8B1483 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.189 H 331.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1483
RGB	rgb(139, 20, 131)
HSL	hsl(304, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(304, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.6%, 5.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.20, 58.10, -32.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.20, 66.72, 330.55°)
OKLab	oklab(44.95% 0.1662 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(44.95% 0.189 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.9944, 7.6293, 22.1512)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1483 #148B1C

analogous

#57148B #8B1483 #8B1447

triadic

#8B1483 #838B14 #14838B

tetradic

#8B1483 #8B5714 #148B1C #14478B

square

#8B1483 #8B5714 #148B1C #14478B

split-complementary

#8B1483 #478B14 #148B57

monochromatic

#20051E #550C51 #8B1483 #C11CB5 #E237D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#8B1483 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8B1483 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1483

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1483	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1483	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#014486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91264D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1483;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 20, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.189 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b164a7',
    500: '#8b1483',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1483;
$custom-light: #b164a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1483",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.034,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44945,
    "c": 0.18926,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1483

secondary

#3CBF45

accent

#F14336

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1483

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

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