Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Tyrian Purple

Tyrian Purple is a dark pink color with HEX #66023C. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 102, 2, 60, HSL 325, 96%, 20%, warm temperature, and is useful for beauty branding, creative systems, and premium accents.

#66023C pink warm dark
HEX #66023C
RGB rgb(102, 2, 60)
HSL hsl(325 96% 20%)
CMYK cmyk(0, 98, 41, 60)
Luminance 0.0319
Contrast Black 1.64:1White 12.82:1

CSS Utilities

--color-tyrian-purple: #66023C;
.bg-tyrian-purple { background-color: #66023C; }
.text-tyrian-purple { color: #66023C; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.0319
Black text1.64:1AA Fail
White text12.82:1AA Pass
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
{
  "hex": "#66023C",
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    2,
    60
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  "hsl": [
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    96,
    20
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  "cmyk": [
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    41,
    60
  ],
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  "contrast": {
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  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F5F5F5"
  ],
  "AAA": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F5F5F5"
  ]
}
Harmonies
{
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  "analogous": [
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    "#64020A"
  ],
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    "#023B64"
  ],
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    "#02642B",
    "#020A64"
  ],
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    "#0A6402",
    "#02645C"
  ],
  "monochromatic": [
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    "#66023C",
    "#0A0006"
  ]
}
Variants
{
  "light": "#BE0470",
  "dark": "#0A0006",
  "saturated": "#66003C",
  "desaturated": "#590D39",
  "pastel": "#D01682",
  "neon": "#8F0053"
}
Pairings
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    "#BE0470"
  ],
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    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#FFFFFF"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#BE0470",
    "#590D39"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
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}
Full JSON dataset 
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  "name": "Tyrian Purple",
  "hex": "#66023C",
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    "creative systems",
    "premium accents"
  ],
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    ],
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      "wellness",
      "luxury",
      "creative tools"
    ],
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  "aliases": [],
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  "confidence": "medium",
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  "origin": {
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  },
  "family": "pink",
  "temperature": "warm",
  "tone": [
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  ],
  "editorialNotes": "Curated internal color record with computed technical properties.",
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    "dark",
    "beauty-branding",
    "creative-systems",
    "premium-accents",
    "creativity",
    "depth",
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  ],
  "popularity": 84,
  "rgb": [
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    2,
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    96,
    20
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  },
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}
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Color meaning and use

About Tyrian Purple Color

Tyrian Purple sits in the pink family with warm temperature and dark visual character. Tyrian Purple is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include creativity, depth, and softness, which makes it relevant for beauty and wellness. In design work, Tyrian Purple is most useful for beauty branding, creative systems, and premium accents, especially when paired with white text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Pink color familyBrowse named pink colors and compare nearby swatches.Warm colorsExplore colors with warm temperature behavior.Dark colorsFind colors with dark visual character.Tyrian Purple accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #66023C.Tyrian Purple CSS utilitiesUse Tyrian Purple in CSS variables and utility classes.#66023C HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Tyrian Purple paletteOpen the generated palette based on Tyrian Purple.Tyrian Purple harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Tyrian Purple against black and white text.

Black text1.64:1AA Fail
White text12.82:1AA Pass
AA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
AAA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Ruby Wine#7B1E3A
Merlot#541E2E
Garnet Red#6E1F26
Burgundy#800020
Wine Red#722F37

Color Harmonies

#02642B#02642B
#5C0264#5C0264
#64020A#64020A
#3B6402#3B6402
#023B64#023B64
Open full Tyrian Purple harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#BE0470#BE0470
#0A0006#0A0006
#66003C#66003C
#590D39#590D39
#D01682#D01682
#8F0053#8F0053

Pairings

White#FFFFFF
#02642B#02642B
#5C0264#5C0264
#64020A#64020A
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5