#8B1C79#8B1C79

#8B1C79 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.175 H 335.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1C79
RGB	rgb(139, 28, 121)
HSL	hsl(310, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(310, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.35, 54.52, -26.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.35, 60.53, 334.26°)
OKLab	oklab(44.88% 0.1599 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(44.88% 0.175 335.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.5141, 7.7013, 18.8076)
Luminance	0.0770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1C79 #1C8B2E

analogous

#661C8B #8B1C79 #8B1C41

triadic

#8B1C79 #798B1C #1C798B

tetradic

#8B1C79 #8B661C #1C8B2E #1C418B

square

#8B1C79 #8B661C #1C8B2E #1C418B

split-complementary

#8B1C79 #418B1C #1C8B66

monochromatic

#250720 #58124D #8B1C79 #BE26A5 #DA47C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#8B1C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8B1C79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1C79

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1C79	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)

#1D447B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 28, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.175 335.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166a0',
    500: '#8b1c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1c79;
$custom-light: #b166a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.73,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44876,
    "c": 0.17528,
    "h": 335.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1C79

secondary

#47BC5A

accent

#E95A3E

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11070E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1C79

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

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