#8A178F#8A178F

#8A178F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.195 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A178F
RGB	rgb(138, 23, 143)
HSL	hsl(298, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(298, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 83.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.98, 59.16, -39.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.98, 70.86, 326.61°)
OKLab	oklab(45.7% 0.1625 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(45.7% 0.195 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.7453, 8.0004, 26.6962)
Luminance	0.0800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A178F #1C8F17

analogous

#4E178F #8A178F #8F1758

triadic

#8A178F #8F8A17 #178F8A

tetradic

#8A178F #8F4E17 #1C8F17 #17588F

square

#8A178F #8F4E17 #1C8F17 #17588F

split-complementary

#8A178F #588F17 #178F4E

monochromatic

#240626 #570F5A #8A178F #BD1FC4 #DA40E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#8A178F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8A178F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A178F

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A178F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A178F	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004792

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37558C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E2F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a178f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 23, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.195 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b065b0',
    500: '#8a178f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a178f;
$custom-light: #b065b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a178f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45701,
    "c": 0.19548,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A178F

secondary

#46C141

accent

#EF3940

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF5

border

#D0C6CF

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A178F

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

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