#8A178C#8A178C

#8A178C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.193 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A178C
RGB	rgb(138, 23, 140)
HSL	hsl(299, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(299, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 83.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.80, 58.66, -37.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.80, 69.59, 327.44°)
OKLab	oklab(45.51% 0.1628 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(45.51% 0.193 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.5210, 7.9107, 25.5153)
Luminance	0.0791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A178C #198C17

analogous

#4F178C #8A178C #8C1754

triadic

#8A178C #8C8A17 #178C8A

tetradic

#8A178C #8C4F17 #198C17 #17548C

square

#8A178C #8C4F17 #198C17 #17548C

split-complementary

#8A178C #548C17 #178C4F

monochromatic

#220623 #560E57 #8A178C #BE20C1 #DD3EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#8A178C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8A178C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A178C

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A178C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A178C	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#395489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E2D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a178c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 23, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.193 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b065ae',
    500: '#8a178c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a178c;
$custom-light: #b065ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a178c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.974,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45508,
    "c": 0.1932,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A178C

secondary

#42BF3F

accent

#EF393C

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110610

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A178C

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

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