#8B1878#8B1878

#8B1878 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.178 H 336.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1878
RGB	rgb(139, 24, 120)
HSL	hsl(310, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(310, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.7%, 13.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.92, 55.48, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.92, 61.41, 334.60°)
OKLab	oklab(44.55% 0.1631 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(44.55% 0.178 336.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.3645, 7.4997, 18.4567)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1878 #188B2B

analogous

#65188B #8B1878 #8B183F

triadic

#8B1878 #788B18 #18788B

tetradic

#8B1878 #8B6518 #188B2B #183F8B

square

#8B1878 #8B6518 #188B2B #183F8B

split-complementary

#8B1878 #3F8B18 #188B65

monochromatic

#23061E #570F4B #8B1878 #BF21A5 #DE3FC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8B1878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8B1878 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1878

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1878	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A437A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#932248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 24, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.178 336.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1659f',
    500: '#8b1878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1878;
$custom-light: #b1659f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.913,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44547,
    "c": 0.17826,
    "h": 336.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1878

secondary

#40BE55

accent

#ED583A

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1878

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

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