#8B1B9F#8B1B9F

#8B1B9F is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.205 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1B9F
RGB	rgb(139, 27, 159)
HSL	hsl(291, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(291, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 83%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.55, 61.14, -46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.55, 76.66, 322.90°)
OKLab	oklab(47.17% 0.1591 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(47.17% 0.205 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2967, 8.7770, 33.5772)
Luminance	0.0878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1B9F #2F9F1B

analogous

#491B9F #8B1B9F #9F1B71

triadic

#8B1B9F #9F8B1B #1B9F8B

tetradic

#8B1B9F #9F491B #2F9F1B #1B719F

square

#8B1B9F #9F491B #2F9F1B #1B719F

split-complementary

#8B1B9F #719F1B #1B9F49

monochromatic

#300936 #5D126B #8B1B9F #B924D3 #CC53E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62

#8B1B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#8B1B9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1B9F

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1B9F	1.00	7.62	2.76	7.62
#FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C579C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C395F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 27, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.205 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b168bc',
    500: '#8b1b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1b9f;
$custom-light: #b168bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.909,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47174,
    "c": 0.20529,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1B9F

secondary

#63C551

accent

#EE3A55

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6EBF6

border

#D0C6D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1B9F

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

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