#8A177A#8A177A

#8A177A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.180 H 334.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A177A
RGB	rgb(138, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(308, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(308, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 11.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.75, 55.81, -27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.75, 62.38, 333.45°)
OKLab	oklab(44.43% 0.163 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(44.43% 0.18 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.3007, 7.4225, 19.0881)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A177A #178A27

analogous

#61178A #8A177A #8A1741

triadic

#8A177A #7A8A17 #177A8A

tetradic

#8A177A #8A6117 #178A27 #17418A

square

#8A177A #8A6117 #178A27 #17418A

split-complementary

#8A177A #418A17 #178A61

monochromatic

#21061D #560E4C #8A177A #BE20A8 #DF3DC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#8A177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8A177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A177A

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A177A	1.00	8.45	2.48	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16427D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.180 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b064a1',
    500: '#8a177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a177a;
$custom-light: #b064a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.348,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44427,
    "c": 0.17999,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A177A

secondary

#3FBE51

accent

#EE533A

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A177A

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

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