#8B1A9E#8B1A9E

#8B1A9E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.205 H 321.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1A9E
RGB	rgb(139, 26, 158)
HSL	hsl(291, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(291, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 83.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.40, 61.22, -45.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.40, 76.50, 323.15°)
OKLab	oklab(47.04% 0.1599 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(47.04% 0.205 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1877, 8.6974, 33.1146)
Luminance	0.0870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1A9E #2D9E1A

analogous

#491A9E #8B1A9E #9E1A6F

triadic

#8B1A9E #9E8B1A #1A9E8B

tetradic

#8B1A9E #9E491A #2D9E1A #1A6F9E

square

#8B1A9E #9E491A #2D9E1A #1A6F9E

split-complementary

#8B1A9E #6F9E1A #1A9E49

monochromatic

#2F0935 #5D1169 #8B1A9E #B923D3 #CD50E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.67

#8B1A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#8B1A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1A9E

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1A9E	1.00	7.67	2.74	7.67
#FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D579B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C385E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 26, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.205 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b167bb',
    500: '#8b1a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1a9e;
$custom-light: #b167bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.364,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47042,
    "c": 0.20528,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1A9E

secondary

#60C54F

accent

#EE3953

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6EBF6

border

#D0C6D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1A9E

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

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