HEX atlas value

#8B008B

#8B008B is a warm pink HEX color nearest Dark Magenta. RGB 139, 0, 139, HSL 300° 100% 27%, luminance 0.0735; view contrast and conversions.

pink warm balanced

#8B008B Sample readable text

HEX #8B008B

RGB rgb(139, 0, 139)

HSL hsl(300 100% 27%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 100, 0, 45)

Luminance 0.0735

Contrast Black 2.47:1White 8.5:1

CSS

--color-8b008b: #8B008B;
.background-8b008b { background-color: #8B008B; }
.text-8b008b { color: #8B008B; }

HEX meaning and use

About #8B008B

#8B008B is classified as a warm pink value with balanced visual character. #8B008B is visually closest to Dark Magenta, a named pink color with HEX #8B008B.

The RGB channels are 139, 0, and 139, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 300deg with 100% saturation and 27% 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 0.0735, 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 text2.47:1AA Fail

White text8.5:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #8B008B needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000002.47:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF8.5:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

#2E002E#2E002E · #FFFFFF text · best 18.17:1 #45008A#45008A · #FFFFFF text · best 12.96:1 #8A0045#8A0045 · #FFFFFF text · best 9.7:1 Byzantium#702963 · #FFFFFF text · best 9.61:1 #7B0F7B#7B0F7B · #FFFFFF text · best 9.56:1

Generated Palette

Dark Magenta#8B008B

#008A00#008A00

#45008A#45008A

#8A0045#8A0045

#E600E5#E600E5

#2E002E#2E002E

Color Harmonies

#008A00#008A00

#45008A#45008A

#8A0045#8A0045

#8A8A00#8A8A00

#008A8A#008A8A

Variants

#E600E5#E600E5

#2E002E#2E002E

#8A008A#8A008A

#7B0F7B#7B0F7B

#ED1DED#ED1DED

#B300B2#B300B2

Nearest Named Colors

Dark Magenta#8B008B

Mardi Gras#880085

Purple#800080

Grape#6F2DA8

Byzantium#702963

Luminance0.0735

Black text2.47:1AA Fail

White text8.5:1AA 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":"#8B008B","rgb":[139,0,139],"hsl":[300,100,27],"cmyk":[0,100,0,45],"luminance":0.0735,"contrast":{"black":2.47,"white":8.5}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":2.47,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":8.5,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#2E002E","hex":"#2E002E","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.16,"contrastWhite":18.17,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#45008A","hex":"#45008A","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.62,"contrastWhite":12.96,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#8A0045","hex":"#8A0045","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.17,"contrastWhite":9.7,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Byzantium","hex":"#702963","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.19,"contrastWhite":9.61,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#7B0F7B","hex":"#7B0F7B","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.2,"contrastWhite":9.56,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm pink","balanced","balanced pink","Dark Magenta adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/8b008b.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-magenta.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mardi-gras.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/purple.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#008A00","analogous":["#45008A","#8A0045"],"triadic":["#8A8A00","#008A8A"],"tetradic":["#8A4500","#008A00","#00458A"],"splitComplementary":["#458A00","#008A45"],"monochromatic":["#E600E5","#8B008B","#2E002E"]}

Variants

{"light":"#E600E5","dark":"#2E002E","saturated":"#8A008A","desaturated":"#7B0F7B","pastel":"#ED1DED","neon":"#B300B2"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"dark-magenta","name":"Dark Magenta","hex":"#8B008B","distance":0},{"slug":"mardi-gras","name":"Mardi Gras","hex":"#880085","distance":6.708203932499369},{"slug":"purple","name":"Purple","hex":"#800080","distance":15.556349186104045},{"slug":"grape","name":"Grape","hex":"#6F2DA8","distance":60.41522986797286},{"slug":"byzantium","name":"Byzantium","hex":"#702963","distance":63.324560795950255}]

#8B008B

CSS

About #8B008B

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

Related HEX Guides