#8B1B7B#8B1B7B

#8B1B7B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.178 H 334.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1B7B
RGB	rgb(139, 27, 123)
HSL	hsl(309, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(309, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 11.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.36, 55.11, -27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.36, 61.61, 333.45°)
OKLab	oklab(44.92% 0.1609 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(44.92% 0.178 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.6147, 7.7042, 19.4524)
Luminance	0.0770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1B7B #1B8B2B

analogous

#631B8B #8B1B7B #8B1B43

triadic

#8B1B7B #7B8B1B #1B7B8B

tetradic

#8B1B7B #8B631B #1B8B2B #1B438B

square

#8B1B7B #8B631B #1B8B2B #1B438B

split-complementary

#8B1B7B #438B1B #1B8B63

monochromatic

#250720 #58114E #8B1B7B #BE25A8 #DB45C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#8B1B7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8B1B7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1B7B

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1B7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1B7B	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A447D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92264A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1b7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 27, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.178 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166a1',
    500: '#8b1b7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1b7b;
$custom-light: #b166a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1b7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44915,
    "c": 0.17766,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1B7B

secondary

#45BC56

accent

#EA563D

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1B7B

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

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