#8B1779#8B1779

#8B1779 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.180 H 335.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1779
RGB	rgb(139, 23, 121)
HSL	hsl(309, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(309, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.88, 55.88, -27.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.88, 62.07, 334.19°)
OKLab	oklab(44.54% 0.1639 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(44.54% 0.18 335.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.4053, 7.4836, 18.7713)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1779 #178B29

analogous

#63178B #8B1779 #8B173F

triadic

#8B1779 #798B17 #17798B

tetradic

#8B1779 #8B6317 #178B29 #173F8B

square

#8B1779 #8B6317 #178B29 #173F8B

split-complementary

#8B1779 #3F8B17 #178B63

monochromatic

#22061E #560E4B #8B1779 #C020A7 #DF3DC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#8B1779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8B1779 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1779

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1779	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#18427B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 23, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.180 335.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a0',
    500: '#8b1779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1779;
$custom-light: #b165a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.31,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4454,
    "c": 0.1798,
    "h": 335.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1779

secondary

#3FBF53

accent

#EE5639

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1779

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

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