#8A178D#8A178D

#8A178D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.194 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A178D
RGB	rgb(138, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(298, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(298, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.86, 58.82, -37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.86, 70.01, 327.16°)
OKLab	oklab(45.57% 0.1627 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(45.57% 0.194 327)
XYZ	xyz(15.5951, 7.9403, 25.9054)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A178D #1A8D17

analogous

#4F178D #8A178D #8D1755

triadic

#8A178D #8D8A17 #178D8A

tetradic

#8A178D #8D4F17 #1A8D17 #17558D

square

#8A178D #8D4F17 #1A8D17 #17558D

split-complementary

#8A178D #558D17 #178D4F

monochromatic

#230624 #570E58 #8A178D #BD20C2 #DC3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#8A178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8A178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A178D

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A178D	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38548A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E2E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.194 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b065af',
    500: '#8a178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a178d;
$custom-light: #b065af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.475,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45572,
    "c": 0.19395,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.07939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A178D

secondary

#43C040

accent

#EF393E

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A178D

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

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