#8B1790#8B1790

#8B1790 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.197 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1790
RGB	rgb(139, 23, 144)
HSL	hsl(298, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(298, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 84%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.22, 59.52, -39.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.22, 71.28, 326.62°)
OKLab	oklab(45.93% 0.1636 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(45.93% 0.197 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.9876, 8.1165, 27.1047)
Luminance	0.0811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1790 #1C9017

analogous

#4F1790 #8B1790 #901758

triadic

#8B1790 #908B17 #17908B

tetradic

#8B1790 #904F17 #1C9017 #175890

square

#8B1790 #904F17 #1C9017 #175890

split-complementary

#8B1790 #589017 #17904F

monochromatic

#250626 #580F5B #8B1790 #BE1FC5 #DA41E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01

#8B1790 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8B1790 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1790

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1790	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1790	1.00	8.01	2.62	8.01
#FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37558D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F2F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1790;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 23, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.197 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166b1',
    500: '#8b1790',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1790;
$custom-light: #b166b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1790",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.521,
    "s": 72.455,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45925,
    "c": 0.19667,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1790

secondary

#47C142

accent

#EF3940

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF5

border

#D0C6CF

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1790

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →