#8B1781#8B1781

#8B1781 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.185 H 332.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1781
RGB	rgb(139, 23, 129)
HSL	hsl(305, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(305, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 7.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.32, 57.09, -31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.32, 65.14, 331.23°)
OKLab	oklab(45% 0.1642 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(45% 0.185 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.9164, 7.6880, 21.4630)
Luminance	0.0769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1781 #178B21

analogous

#5B178B #8B1781 #8B1747

triadic

#8B1781 #818B17 #17818B

tetradic

#8B1781 #8B5B17 #178B21 #17478B

square

#8B1781 #8B5B17 #178B21 #17478B

split-complementary

#8B1781 #478B17 #178B5B

monochromatic

#220620 #560E50 #8B1781 #C020B2 #DF3DD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#8B1781 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8B1781 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1781

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1781	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1781	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B4484

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41547E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91274D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1781;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 23, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.185 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a6',
    500: '#8b1781',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1781;
$custom-light: #b165a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1781",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.172,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44997,
    "c": 0.18549,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1781

secondary

#3FBF4A

accent

#EE4939

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1781

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

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