#8B1E8B#8B1E8B

#8B1E8B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.187 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1E8B
RGB	rgb(139, 30, 139)
HSL	hsl(300, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(300, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.56, 56.80, -35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.56, 67.04, 327.93°)
OKLab	oklab(46.07% 0.1586 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(46.07% 0.187 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.7717, 8.2828, 25.1891)
Luminance	0.0828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1E8B #1E8B1E

analogous

#541E8B #8B1E8B #8B1E54

triadic

#8B1E8B #8B8B1E #1E8B8B

tetradic

#8B1E8B #8B541E #1E8B1E #1E548B

square

#8B1E8B #8B541E #1E8B1E #1E548B

split-complementary

#8B1E8B #548B1E #1E8B54

monochromatic

#260826 #591359 #8B1E8B #BD29BD #D84BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.91

#8B1E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#8B1E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1E8B

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1E8B	1.00	7.91	2.66	7.91
#FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00488E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 30, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.187 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b168ad',
    500: '#8b1e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1e8b;
$custom-light: #b168ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46068,
    "c": 0.18678,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1E8B

secondary

#4ABB4A

accent

#E74040

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1E8B

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

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