#8B1E8D#8B1E8D

#8B1E8D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.188 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1E8D
RGB	rgb(139, 30, 141)
HSL	hsl(299, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(299, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 78.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.68, 57.14, -36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.68, 67.88, 327.33°)
OKLab	oklab(46.19% 0.1585 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(46.19% 0.188 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.9192, 8.3418, 25.9658)
Luminance	0.0834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1E8D #208D1E

analogous

#531E8D #8B1E8D #8D1E57

triadic

#8B1E8D #8D8B1E #1E8D8B

tetradic

#8B1E8D #8D531E #208D1E #1E578D

square

#8B1E8D #8D531E #208D1E #1E578D

split-complementary

#8B1E8D #578D1E #1E8D53

monochromatic

#280928 #59135B #8B1E8D #BD29BF #D64CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#8B1E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#8B1E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1E8D

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1E8D	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C568A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 30, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.188 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b168af',
    500: '#8b1e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1e8d;
$custom-light: #b168af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.919,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46192,
    "c": 0.18834,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1E8D

secondary

#4DBC4B

accent

#E84043

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1E8D

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

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