#8B1979#8B1979

#8B1979 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.178 H 335.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1979
RGB	rgb(139, 25, 121)
HSL	hsl(309, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(309, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.06, 55.36, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.06, 61.48, 334.21°)
OKLab	oklab(44.67% 0.1624 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(44.67% 0.178 335.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4465, 7.5661, 18.7850)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1979 #198B2B

analogous

#64198B #8B1979 #8B1940

triadic

#8B1979 #798B19 #19798B

tetradic

#8B1979 #8B6419 #198B2B #19408B

square

#8B1979 #8B6419 #198B2B #19408B

split-complementary

#8B1979 #408B19 #198B64

monochromatic

#23061F #57104C #8B1979 #BF22A6 #DD41C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#8B1979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8B1979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1979

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1979	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A437B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 25, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.178 335.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a0',
    500: '#8b1979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1979;
$custom-light: #b165a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.474,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44668,
    "c": 0.17808,
    "h": 335.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1979

secondary

#42BE56

accent

#EC573B

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1979

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

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