Dark Magenta #8B008B

About this color

#8B008B is a dark, vivid purple. In OKLCH its lightness is 45%, its chroma 0.205 and its hue 328°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. It is the named color Dark Magenta. White text reads best on it, at 8.49:1.

Colors that go with Dark Magenta

Matches found by rotating Dark Magenta around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Dark Magenta

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Dark Magenta, closest first.

• Static Arcade
• Sapphire Casket
• Garnet Salon
• Garnet Treasury
• Sapphire Facet
• Topaz Clasp

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Dark Magenta, with their ΔE distance.

• Purple #800080 ΔE 0.028
• Warm Purple #952E8F ΔE 0.054
• Red Violet #9E0168 ΔE 0.076
• Rebecca Purple #663399 ΔE 0.091
• Grape #7209B7 ΔE 0.094
• Light Eggplant #894585 ΔE 0.095
• Deep Magenta #A0025C ΔE 0.096
• Rich Purple #720058 ΔE 0.097

More about Dark Magenta

• Shades of purple
• What purple means

How to make Dark Magenta

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 1 part purple

Recipe result: #6E2D91, a difference of ΔE 0.070 from Dark Magenta. That is close; add a little more of one paint to match.

What colors make purple? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Dark Magenta in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Dark Magenta

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 800.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FCF2FB

   oklch(97.1% 0.016 328.8)

2. Step 100

   100

   #F7E2F6

   oklch(93.6% 0.035 327.3)

3. Step 200

   200

   #F2CAF0

   oklch(88.5% 0.067 327.7)

4. Step 300

   300

   #EBA4E7

   oklch(80.8% 0.12 328.5)

5. Step 400

   400

   #DE6EDB

   oklch(70.7% 0.191 328.4)

6. Step 500

   500

   #D23AD1

   oklch(63% 0.245 328.3)

7. Step 600

   600

   #BB00BB

   oklch(55.6% 0.255 328.4)

8. Step 700

   700

   #9E009E

   oklch(49.1% 0.226 328.4)

9. Step 800

   800 (this color)

   #8B008B

   oklch(44.7% 0.205 328.4)

10. Step 900

    900

    #6B0F6B

    oklch(37.8% 0.16 328.2)

11. Step 950

    950

    #3F0D3E

    oklch(27% 0.101 328.8)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Dark Magenta with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.