#8B1682#8B1682

#8B1682 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.187 H 331.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1682
RGB	rgb(139, 22, 130)
HSL	hsl(305, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(305, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.2%, 6.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.30, 57.49, -32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.30, 65.81, 330.88°)
OKLab	oklab(45% 0.1649 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(45% 0.187 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.9637, 7.6758, 21.8082)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1682 #168B1F

analogous

#5A168B #8B1682 #8B1648

triadic

#8B1682 #828B16 #16828B

tetradic

#8B1682 #8B5A16 #168B1F #16488B

square

#8B1682 #8B5A16 #168B1F #16488B

split-complementary

#8B1682 #488B16 #168B5A

monochromatic

#21051F #560E51 #8B1682 #C01EB3 #E03BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#8B1682 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8B1682 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1682

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1682	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1682	1.00	8.28	2.53	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#074485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40547F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91274D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1682;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 22, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.187 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a7',
    500: '#8b1682',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1682;
$custom-light: #b165a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1682",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.615,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44997,
    "c": 0.18702,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1682

secondary

#3EBF48

accent

#EF4738

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1682

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

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