#8B1780#8B1780

#8B1780 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.185 H 332.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1780
RGB	rgb(139, 23, 128)
HSL	hsl(306, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(306, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 7.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.27, 56.94, -30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.27, 64.74, 331.57°)
OKLab	oklab(44.94% 0.1642 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(44.94% 0.185 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.8502, 7.6616, 21.1146)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1780 #178B22

analogous

#5C178B #8B1780 #8B1746

triadic

#8B1780 #808B17 #17808B

tetradic

#8B1780 #8B5C17 #178B22 #17468B

square

#8B1780 #8B5C17 #178B22 #17468B

split-complementary

#8B1780 #468B17 #178B5C

monochromatic

#22061F #560E50 #8B1780 #C020B0 #DF3DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#8B1780 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8B1780 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1780

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1780	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1780	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)

#0D4483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41547D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91264C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1780;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 23, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.185 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a5',
    500: '#8b1780',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1780;
$custom-light: #b165a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1780",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.69,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44939,
    "c": 0.18477,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1780

secondary

#3FBF4B

accent

#EE4B39

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1780

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

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