#8B1B79#8B1B79

#8B1B79 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.176 H 335.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1B79
RGB	rgb(139, 27, 121)
HSL	hsl(310, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(310, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.25, 54.81, -26.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.25, 60.86, 334.24°)
OKLab	oklab(44.8% 0.1607 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(44.8% 0.176 335.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4908, 7.6547, 18.7998)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1B79 #1B8B2D

analogous

#651B8B #8B1B79 #8B1B41

triadic

#8B1B79 #798B1B #1B798B

tetradic

#8B1B79 #8B651B #1B8B2D #1B418B

square

#8B1B79 #8B651B #1B8B2D #1B418B

split-complementary

#8B1B79 #418B1B #1B8B65

monochromatic

#250720 #58114C #8B1B79 #BE25A6 #DB45C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#8B1B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8B1B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1B79

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1B79	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C447B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 27, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.176 335.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166a0',
    500: '#8b1b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1b79;
$custom-light: #b166a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.643,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44804,
    "c": 0.17623,
    "h": 335.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1B79

secondary

#45BC58

accent

#EA593D

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1B79

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

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