#8B1783#8B1783

#8B1783 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.187 H 331.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1783
RGB	rgb(139, 23, 131)
HSL	hsl(304, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(304, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 5.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.44, 57.41, -32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.44, 65.93, 330.54°)
OKLab	oklab(45.12% 0.1642 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(45.12% 0.187 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.0506, 7.7417, 22.1700)
Luminance	0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1783 #178B1F

analogous

#59178B #8B1783 #8B1749

triadic

#8B1783 #838B17 #17838B

tetradic

#8B1783 #8B5917 #178B1F #17498B

square

#8B1783 #8B5917 #178B1F #17498B

split-complementary

#8B1783 #498B17 #178B59

monochromatic

#220620 #560E52 #8B1783 #C020B4 #DF3DD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#8B1783 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8B1783 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1783

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1783	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1783	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#064586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91284E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1783;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 23, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.187 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a7',
    500: '#8b1783',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1783;
$custom-light: #b165a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1783",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.138,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45116,
    "c": 0.18695,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1783

secondary

#3FBF48

accent

#EE4639

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1783

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

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