#8A177B#8A177B

#8A177B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.181 H 334.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A177B
RGB	rgb(138, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(308, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(308, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 10.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.80, 55.96, -28.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.80, 62.76, 333.07°)
OKLab	oklab(44.48% 0.163 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(44.48% 0.181 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.3630, 7.4474, 19.4161)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A177B #178A26

analogous

#60178A #8A177B #8A1742

triadic

#8A177B #7B8A17 #177B8A

tetradic

#8A177B #8A6017 #178A26 #17428A

square

#8A177B #8A6017 #178A26 #17428A

split-complementary

#8A177B #428A17 #178A60

monochromatic

#21061D #560E4C #8A177B #BE20AA #DF3DCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#8A177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8A177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A177B

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A177B	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14437E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.181 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b064a1',
    500: '#8a177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a177b;
$custom-light: #b064a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.826,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44484,
    "c": 0.18069,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A177B

secondary

#3FBE50

accent

#EE513A

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A177B

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

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