CSS named color

Purple #800080

The CSS keyword purple is #800080. It is a dark vivid magenta in the violet family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.421, chroma 0.193 and hue 328.4°.

Relative luminance: 0.0615
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.421 · 0.193 · 328.4
Best text: White 9.41:1
Hue family: Violet

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#800080 color codes

HEX: #800080
RGB: rgb(128, 0, 128)
HSL: hsl(300, 100%, 25%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.421 0.193 328.4)
OKLab: oklab(0.421 0.165 -0.101)
CIELAB (D65): L* 29.78, a* 58.93, b* -36.49
XYZ (D65): X 12.80, Y 6.15, Z 20.93
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 100%, 0%, 50%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #800080 accessible?

White text on it reaches 9.41:1, passing AAA. Black text fails at 2.22:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

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Black text on it

2.22:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +14
White text on it

9.41:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −94
As text on black

2.22:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −12
As text on white

9.41:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +89

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#800080 9.41:1

It already reaches 9.41:1 on white, so no change is needed.
For text on black

#B646B4 4.52:1

Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.42 to 0.59 reaches 4.52:1 on black, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System

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Studio

Adjust #800080 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #800080

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #800080 sits at step 700.

50#FFF0FE

White
1.09
Black
19.14
100#FFE0FD

White
1.21
Black
17.33
200#FFBEFB

White
1.49
Black
14.01
300#FB8FF8

White
2.02
Black
10.38
400#DF70DC

White
2.80
Black
7.48
500#C151BF

White
4.04
Black
5.19
600#A638A5

White
5.62
Black
3.73
700This color#800080

White
9.41
Black
2.22
800#6B006B

White
11.42
Black
1.83
900#470047

White
15.45
Black
1.35
950#2A002A

White
18.55
Black
1.13

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #800080 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.194; #800080 uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.212 there: 9% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.193
sRGB edge: 0.194
Display P3 edge: 0.212
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.244
Dominant wavelength: Complementary 549 nm
Excitation purity: 67%
Chromaticity: x 0.3209, y 0.1542

This color#800080
Most vivid in sRGB#800080
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.421 0.212 328.4)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #800080;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.4712 0 0.5013); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #800080

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#C080C0
OKLab50%#C38CC0
OKLCH50%#C38CC0

Black #000000

sRGB50%#400040
OKLab50%#2E002E
OKLCH50%#2E002E

Its complement #005E23

sRGB50%#402F52
OKLab50%#594657
OKLCH50%#743D00

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #800080, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #800080 50%, white);

In use

#800080 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:19.41:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:19.41:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:19.41:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:19.41:1 Passes

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:19.41:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.98:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:11.98:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.98:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #C050BE 4.57:1

Color vision

How #800080 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 27.3; tritanopia changes it least, 15.5.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#003D83 ΔE2000 26.2

Distinct

Reads as dark soft blue
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#304B7D ΔE2000 26.0

Distinct

Reads as dark muted blue
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#842149 ΔE2000 15.5

Distinct

Reads as dark soft wine
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#464646 ΔE2000 27.3

Distinct

Reads as dark gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #005E23. Their lightness contrast is only 1.17:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#800080 · #005E23	74.0	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#003D83 · #5F541D	47.1	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#304B7D · #564E28	37.5	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#842149 · #005C51	45.3	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#464646 · #515151	3.8	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #800080

Its complement is #005E23, a dark soft green.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#800080
Complement#005E23

Complementary

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−30°#5E21A6
Base#800080
+30°#8F004C

Analogous

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Base#800080
+120°#614A00
+240°#005862

Triadic

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Base#800080
+150°#495400
+210°#005B4E

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-purple: #800080;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        purple: '#800080',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-purple: oklch(0.421 0.193 328.4);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "purple": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.502, 0, 0.502],
        "hex": "#800080"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color purple"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let purple = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.502, green: 0.000, blue: 0.502, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Purple = Color(0xFF800080)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

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Purple #800080

#800080 color codes

Contrast: is #800080 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #800080 live

Shades and tints of #800080

How vivid #800080 can get

Mixing #800080

#800080 in an interface

How #800080 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #800080

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #800080 in the tools