#8B1879#8B1879

#8B1879 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.179 H 335.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1879
RGB	rgb(139, 24, 121)
HSL	hsl(309, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(309, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.7%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.97, 55.62, -26.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.97, 61.78, 334.20°)
OKLab	oklab(44.6% 0.1632 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(44.6% 0.179 335.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.4255, 7.5241, 18.7780)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1879 #188B2A

analogous

#64188B #8B1879 #8B1840

triadic

#8B1879 #798B18 #18798B

tetradic

#8B1879 #8B6418 #188B2A #18408B

square

#8B1879 #8B6418 #188B2A #18408B

split-complementary

#8B1879 #408B18 #188B64

monochromatic

#23061E #570F4C #8B1879 #BF21A6 #DE3FC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#8B1879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8B1879 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1879

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1879	1.00	8.38	2.50	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#19437B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 24, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.179 335.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a0',
    500: '#8b1879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1879;
$custom-light: #b165a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.391,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44603,
    "c": 0.17895,
    "h": 335.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1879

secondary

#40BE54

accent

#ED563A

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1879

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

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