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Dark Magenta

#8B008B

Conversions

HEX#8B008B

RGBrgb(139, 0, 139)

HSLhsl(300, 100%, 27%)

HSVhsv(300, 100%, 55%)

CMYKcmyk(0%, 100%, 0%, 45%)

Copy CSS

color: #8b008b;
/* rgb  */ color: rgb(139, 0, 139);
/* hsl  */ color: hsl(300, 100%, 27%);

Contrast

On whitePass · 8.50 : 1

On ink blackFail · 2.25 : 1

Shades

Tints

Pairings

Triadic
#008B8B

About Dark Magenta

Dark Magenta is the hex color #8B008B, which translates to rgb(139, 0, 139) in RGB and hsl(300, 100%, 27%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 300 degrees, with a saturation of 100 percent and a lightness of 27 percent. Its OKLCH chroma of 0.205 is high, so Dark Magenta is one of the more vivid purple tones here and is easy to overuse at large sizes.

How Dark Magenta compares

Dark Magenta is exactly the CSS keyword darkmagenta, so you can write the keyword instead of the hex and get an identical result. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is fuchsia-800 (#8A0194), at a distance of 5.0. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Purple at 5.1. Sorted by lightness, Dark Magenta is number 3 of the 31 purple colors here.

Text on Dark Magenta

2 of the five common text colors below clear WCAG AA for normal text on Dark Magenta, led by White at 8.50:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Dark Magenta already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Dark Magenta. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text color	Ratio	AA normal	AA large	AAA normal
White #FFFFFF	8.50:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Ink black #0F0F12	2.25:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Mid grey #6B7280	1.76:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Dark grey #374151	1.21:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Light grey #E5E7EB	6.87:1	Pass	Pass	Fail

Building a palette around Dark Magenta

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Dark Magenta for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

Full values for Dark Magenta

Format	Value
HEX	#8B008B
RGB	rgb(139, 0, 139)
HSL	hsl(300, 100%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(300, 100%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 100%, 0%, 45%)
OKLCH	oklch(44.68% 0.2053 328.36)
CIELAB	lab(32.60 62.55 -38.73)

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.