#8B1B9E#8B1B9E

#8B1B9E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.204 H 321.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1B9E
RGB	rgb(139, 27, 158)
HSL	hsl(291, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(291, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 82.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.48, 60.96, -45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.48, 76.21, 323.11°)
OKLab	oklab(47.11% 0.1592 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(47.11% 0.204 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.2102, 8.7424, 33.1221)
Luminance	0.0874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1B9E #2E9E1B

analogous

#4A1B9E #8B1B9E #9E1B70

triadic

#8B1B9E #9E8B1B #1B9E8B

tetradic

#8B1B9E #9E4A1B #2E9E1B #1B709E

square

#8B1B9E #9E4A1B #2E9E1B #1B709E

split-complementary

#8B1B9E #709E1B #1B9E4A

monochromatic

#2F0935 #5D126A #8B1B9E #B924D2 #CD52E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#8B1B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#8B1B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1B9E

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1B9E	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D579B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C395E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 27, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.204 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b168bb',
    500: '#8b1b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1b9e;
$custom-light: #b168bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.298,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47105,
    "c": 0.20449,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1B9E

secondary

#61C451

accent

#EE3A54

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6EBF6

border

#D0C6D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1B9E

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

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