HEX atlas value

#800080

#800080 is a warm pink HEX color nearest Purple. RGB 128, 0, 128, HSL 300° 100% 25%, luminance 0.0615; view contrast and conversions.

pink warm balanced

#800080 Sample readable text

HEX #800080

RGB rgb(128, 0, 128)

HSL hsl(300 100% 25%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 100, 0, 50)

Luminance 0.0615

Contrast Black 2.23:1White 9.42:1

CSS

--color-800080: #800080;
.background-800080 { background-color: #800080; }
.text-800080 { color: #800080; }

HEX meaning and use

About #800080

#800080 is classified as a warm pink value with balanced visual character. #800080 is visually closest to Purple, a named pink color with HEX #800080.

The RGB channels are 128, 0, and 128, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 300deg with 100% saturation and 25% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.0615, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text2.23:1AA Fail

White text9.42:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #800080 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000002.23:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF9.42:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

#240024#240024 · #FFFFFF text · best 19.09:1 #400080#400080 · #FFFFFF text · best 13.73:1 Indigo#4B0082 · #FFFFFF text · best 12.95:1 #800040#800040 · #FFFFFF text · best 10.54:1 #710E71#710E71 · #FFFFFF text · best 10.48:1

Generated Palette

Purple#800080

Green#008000

#400080#400080

#800040#800040

#DB00DB#DB00DB

#240024#240024

Color Harmonies

Green#008000

#400080#400080

#800040#800040

#7F8000#7F8000

#007F80#007F80

Variants

#DB00DB#DB00DB

#240024#240024

#80007F#80007F

#710E71#710E71

#EC13EC#EC13EC

#A800A8#A800A8

Nearest Named Colors

Purple#800080

Mardi Gras#880085

Dark Magenta#8B008B

Byzantium#702963

Indigo#4B0082

Luminance0.0615

Black text2.23:1AA Fail

White text9.42:1AA 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

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#800080","rgb":[128,0,128],"hsl":[300,100,25],"cmyk":[0,100,0,50],"luminance":0.0615,"contrast":{"black":2.23,"white":9.42}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":2.23,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":9.42,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#240024","hex":"#240024","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.1,"contrastWhite":19.09,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#400080","hex":"#400080","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.53,"contrastWhite":13.73,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Indigo","hex":"#4B0082","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.62,"contrastWhite":12.95,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#800040","hex":"#800040","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.99,"contrastWhite":10.54,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#710E71","hex":"#710E71","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2,"contrastWhite":10.48,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm pink","balanced","balanced pink","Purple adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/800080.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/purple.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mardi-gras.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-magenta.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#008000","analogous":["#400080","#800040"],"triadic":["#7F8000","#007F80"],"tetradic":["#804000","#008000","#004080"],"splitComplementary":["#408000","#008040"],"monochromatic":["#DB00DB","#800080","#240024"]}

Variants

{"light":"#DB00DB","dark":"#240024","saturated":"#80007F","desaturated":"#710E71","pastel":"#EC13EC","neon":"#A800A8"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"purple","name":"Purple","hex":"#800080","distance":0},{"slug":"mardi-gras","name":"Mardi Gras","hex":"#880085","distance":9.433981132056603},{"slug":"dark-magenta","name":"Dark Magenta","hex":"#8B008B","distance":15.556349186104045},{"slug":"byzantium","name":"Byzantium","hex":"#702963","distance":52.706735812417755},{"slug":"indigo","name":"Indigo","hex":"#4B0082","distance":53.03772242470448}]

#800080

CSS

About #800080

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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