#8A177D#8A177D

#8A177D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.182 H 333.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A177D
RGB	rgb(138, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(307, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(307, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 9.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.91, 56.26, -29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.91, 63.53, 332.32°)
OKLab	oklab(44.6% 0.1631 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(44.6% 0.182 333.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.4894, 7.4980, 20.0822)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A177D #178A24

analogous

#5E178A #8A177D #8A1743

triadic

#8A177D #7D8A17 #177D8A

tetradic

#8A177D #8A5E17 #178A24 #17438A

square

#8A177D #8A5E17 #178A24 #17438A

split-complementary

#8A177D #438A17 #178A5E

monochromatic

#21061E #560E4D #8A177D #BE20AD #DF3DCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8A177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8A177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A177D

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A177D	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#114380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42537A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91254B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.182 333.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b065a3',
    500: '#8a177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a177d;
$custom-light: #b065a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.783,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44598,
    "c": 0.18211,
    "h": 333.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A177D

secondary

#3FBE4D

accent

#EE4E3A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A177D

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

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