#8B1D8D#8B1D8D

#8B1D8D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.189 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1D8D
RGB	rgb(139, 29, 141)
HSL	hsl(299, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(299, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 79.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.58, 57.44, -36.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.58, 68.21, 327.35°)
OKLab	oklab(46.12% 0.1593 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(46.12% 0.189 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.8943, 8.2919, 25.9575)
Luminance	0.0829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1D8D #1F8D1D

analogous

#531D8D #8B1D8D #8D1D57

triadic

#8B1D8D #8D8B1D #1D8D8B

tetradic

#8B1D8D #8D531D #1F8D1D #1D578D

square

#8B1D8D #8D531D #1F8D1D #1D578D

split-complementary

#8B1D8D #578D1D #1D8D53

monochromatic

#270827 #59135A #8B1D8D #BD27C0 #D74BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#8B1D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#8B1D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1D8D

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1D8D	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C568A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 29, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.189 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b167af',
    500: '#8b1d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1d8d;
$custom-light: #b167af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.929,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4612,
    "c": 0.18928,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1D8D

secondary

#4CBC4A

accent

#E93F42

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1D8D

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

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