#8B1583#8B1583

#8B1583 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.189 H 331.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1583
RGB	rgb(139, 21, 131)
HSL	hsl(304, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(304, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.9%, 5.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.28, 57.88, -32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.28, 66.47, 330.55°)
OKLab	oklab(45% 0.1655 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(45% 0.189 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.0124, 7.6653, 22.1572)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1583 #158B1D

analogous

#58158B #8B1583 #8B1548

triadic

#8B1583 #838B15 #15838B

tetradic

#8B1583 #8B5815 #158B1D #15488B

square

#8B1583 #8B5815 #158B1D #15488B

split-complementary

#8B1583 #488B15 #158B58

monochromatic

#21051F #560D51 #8B1583 #C01DB5 #E139D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#8B1583 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8B1583 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1583

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1583	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1583	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#024486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91274E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1583;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 21, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.189 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b164a7',
    500: '#8b1583',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1583;
$custom-light: #b164a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1583",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.068,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45,
    "c": 0.18851,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1583

secondary

#3DBF46

accent

#F04437

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1583

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

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