#8B1A79#8B1A79

#8B1A79 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.177 H 335.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1A79
RGB	rgb(139, 26, 121)
HSL	hsl(310, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(310, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.16, 55.09, -26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.16, 61.18, 334.23°)
OKLab	oklab(44.74% 0.1616 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(44.74% 0.177 335.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4683, 7.6096, 18.7923)
Luminance	0.0761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1A79 #1A8B2C

analogous

#651A8B #8B1A79 #8B1A40

triadic

#8B1A79 #798B1A #1A798B

tetradic

#8B1A79 #8B651A #1A8B2C #1A408B

square

#8B1A79 #8B651A #1A8B2C #1A408B

split-complementary

#8B1A79 #408B1A #1A8B65

monochromatic

#24071F #57104C #8B1A79 #BF24A6 #DC43C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#8B1A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B1A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1A79

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1A79	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B437B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 26, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.177 335.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166a0',
    500: '#8b1a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1a79;
$custom-light: #b166a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.558,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44735,
    "c": 0.17717,
    "h": 335.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1A79

secondary

#44BD57

accent

#EB583C

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1A79

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

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