#8A1778#8A1778

#8A1778 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.179 H 335.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1778
RGB	rgb(138, 23, 120)
HSL	hsl(309, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(309, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 13%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.64, 55.51, -26.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.64, 61.63, 334.24°)
OKLab	oklab(44.32% 0.1629 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(44.32% 0.179 335.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.1780, 7.3735, 18.4422)
Luminance	0.0737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1778 #178A29

analogous

#63178A #8A1778 #8A173F

triadic

#8A1778 #788A17 #17788A

tetradic

#8A1778 #8A6317 #178A29 #173F8A

square

#8A1778 #8A6317 #178A29 #173F8A

split-complementary

#8A1778 #3F8A17 #178A63

monochromatic

#21061D #560E4A #8A1778 #BE20A6 #DF3DC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#8A1778 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8A1778 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1778

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1778	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1778	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#18427A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1778;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 23, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.179 335.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0649f',
    500: '#8a1778',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1778;
$custom-light: #b0649f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1778",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.391,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44315,
    "c": 0.17858,
    "h": 335.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1778

secondary

#3FBE53

accent

#EE563A

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1778

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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