CSS named color

Dark Magenta #8B008B

The CSS keyword darkmagenta is #8B008B. It is a dark vivid magenta in the violet family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.447, chroma 0.205 and hue 328.4°.

Relative luminance: 0.0735
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.447 · 0.205 · 328.4
Best text: White 8.49:1
Hue family: Violet

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#8B008B color codes

HEX: #8B008B
RGB: rgb(139, 0, 139)
HSL: hsl(300, 100%, 27%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.447 0.205 328.4)
OKLab: oklab(0.447 0.175 -0.108)
CIELAB (D65): L* 32.60, a* 62.55, b* -38.73
XYZ (D65): X 15.31, Y 7.35, Z 25.03
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 100%, 0%, 45%)

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 #8B008B accessible?

White text on it reaches 8.49:1, passing AAA. Black text fails at 2.47:1.

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

2.47:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +17
White text on it

8.49:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −91
As text on black

2.47:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −15
As text on white

8.49:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +87

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#8B008B 8.49:1

It already reaches 8.49:1 on white, so no change is needed.
For text on black

#B941B8 4.51:1

Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.45 to 0.59 reaches 4.51:1 on black, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System

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Studio

Adjust #8B008B 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 #8B008B

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #8B008B 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#FF8BFB

White
2.03
Black
10.33
400#E26BDF

White
2.83
Black
7.40
500#C44CC2

White
4.06
Black
5.15
600#A931A8

White
5.68
Black
3.69
700This color#8B008B

White
8.49
Black
2.47
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 #8B008B can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.206; #8B008B uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.225 there: 9% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.205
sRGB edge: 0.206
Display P3 edge: 0.225
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.259
Dominant wavelength: Complementary 549 nm
Excitation purity: 67%
Chromaticity: x 0.3209, y 0.1542

This color#8B008B
Most vivid in sRGB#8B008B
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.447 0.225 328.4)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #8b008b;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.5119 0 0.5443); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #8B008B

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%#C580C5
OKLab50%#C98EC6
OKLCH50%#C98EC6

Black #000000

sRGB50%#460046
OKLab50%#320032
OKLCH50%#320032

Its complement #006727

sRGB50%#463459
OKLab50%#614D5F
OKLCH50%#7F4300

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #8b008b, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #8b008b 50%, white);

In use

#8B008B 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, 4.5:18.49:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:18.49:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:18.49:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:18.49:1 Passes

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:18.49:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.20:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:12.20:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.20:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #C34BC1 4.54:1

Color vision

How #8B008B looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 27.8; tritanopia changes it least, 15.8.

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

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#00428E ΔE2000 27.0

Distinct

Reads as dark soft blue
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#355288 ΔE2000 27.0

Distinct

Reads as dark muted blue
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#902450 ΔE2000 15.8

Distinct

Reads as dark soft wine
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#4D4D4D ΔE2000 27.8

Distinct

Reads as dark gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #006727. Their lightness contrast is only 1.20:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#8B008B · #006727	77.0	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#00428E · #685D20	49.6	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#355288 · #5E562C	39.3	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#902450 · #006559	47.3	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#4D4D4D · #585858	3.8	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #8B008B

Its complement is #006727, 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#8B008B
Complement#006727

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

−30°#6725B3
Base#8B008B
+30°#9B0053

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#8B008B
+120°#695100
+240°#00606B

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#8B008B
+150°#4F5C00
+210°#006355

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-darkmagenta: #8b008b;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        darkmagenta: '#8b008b',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-darkmagenta: oklch(0.447 0.205 328.4);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "darkmagenta": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.5451, 0, 0.5451],
        "hex": "#8b008b"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color darkmagenta"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let darkmagenta = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.545, green: 0.000, blue: 0.545, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Darkmagenta = Color(0xFF8B008B)
}

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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Dark Magenta #8B008B

#8B008B color codes

Contrast: is #8B008B 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 #8B008B live

Shades and tints of #8B008B

How vivid #8B008B can get

Mixing #8B008B

#8B008B in an interface

How #8B008B looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #8B008B

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 #8B008B in the tools