#8B1784#8B1784

#8B1784 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.188 H 331.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1784
RGB	rgb(139, 23, 132)
HSL	hsl(304, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(304, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.50, 57.56, -32.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.50, 66.33, 330.21°)
OKLab	oklab(45.18% 0.1642 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(45.18% 0.188 331)
XYZ	xyz(15.1187, 7.7690, 22.5286)
Luminance	0.0777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1784 #178B1E

analogous

#58178B #8B1784 #8B174A

triadic

#8B1784 #848B17 #17848B

tetradic

#8B1784 #8B5817 #178B1E #174A8B

square

#8B1784 #8B5817 #178B1E #174A8B

split-complementary

#8B1784 #4A8B17 #178B58

monochromatic

#220620 #560E52 #8B1784 #C020B6 #DF3DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#8B1784 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8B1784 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1784

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1784	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1784	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#044587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91294F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1784;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 23, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.188 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a8',
    500: '#8b1784',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1784;
$custom-light: #b165a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1784",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.621,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45176,
    "c": 0.18769,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.07768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1784

secondary

#3FBF47

accent

#EE4439

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110610

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1784

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

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