#8B1778#8B1778

#8B1778 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.179 H 336.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1778
RGB	rgb(139, 23, 120)
HSL	hsl(310, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(310, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 13.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.83, 55.73, -26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.83, 61.70, 334.58°)
OKLab	oklab(44.48% 0.1639 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(44.48% 0.179 336.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.3443, 7.4592, 18.4500)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1778 #178B2A

analogous

#64178B #8B1778 #8B173E

triadic

#8B1778 #788B17 #17788B

tetradic

#8B1778 #8B6417 #178B2A #173E8B

square

#8B1778 #8B6417 #178B2A #173E8B

split-complementary

#8B1778 #3E8B17 #178B64

monochromatic

#22061D #560E4B #8B1778 #C020A5 #DF3DC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#8B1778 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8B1778 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1778

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1778	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1778	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#19427A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#932148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1778;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 23, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.179 336.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1649f',
    500: '#8b1778',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1778;
$custom-light: #b1649f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1778",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.828,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44484,
    "c": 0.17911,
    "h": 336.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1778

secondary

#3FBF54

accent

#EE5739

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1778

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

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