CSS named color

Dark Magenta #8B008B

Dark Magenta is dark vivid magenta. Below: every color format, WCAG contrast against black and white, its tints, shades and tones, and the harmonies that pair with it.

Color values

Contrast & accessibility

WCAG contrast ratio of Dark Magenta used as a foreground on white and black backgrounds.

Aa The quick brown fox
8.50:1

On white

AA ✓ AAA ✓ AA Large ✓
Aa The quick brown fox
2.47:1

On black

AA ✕ AAA ✕ AA Large ✕

Tints, shades & tones

Systematic variations of Dark Magenta — click any swatch to copy its hex.

Tintsmixed toward white
Shadesmixed toward black
Tonesmixed toward gray

Color harmonies

Palettes built from Dark Magenta by rotating its hue. Each swatch links to its closest named color.

Complementary

#8B008B ≈ Purple #008A00 ≈ Green

Analogous

#45008A ≈ Indigo #8B008B ≈ Purple #8A0045 ≈ Purple

Triadic

#8B008B ≈ Purple #8A8A00 ≈ Olive #008A8A ≈ Dark Cyan

Split-complementary

#8B008B ≈ Purple #458A00 ≈ Forest Green #008A45 ≈ Sea Green

Tetradic

#8B008B ≈ Purple #8A4500 ≈ Saddle Brown #008A00 ≈ Green #00458A ≈ Midnight Blue

Use Dark Magenta in your stack

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

Works for any property: text-[#8b008b], border-[#8b008b].

CSS custom property

Reference it anywhere with var(--color).

Build a full theme

Turn Dark Magenta into a complete shadcn/ui palette — light & dark, contrast-checked, one-command install.

Extract a theme →

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