#8B177A#8B177A

#8B177A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.180 H 335.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B177A
RGB	rgb(139, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(309, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(309, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 12.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.94, 56.03, -27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.94, 62.44, 333.79°)
OKLab	oklab(44.6% 0.164 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(44.6% 0.181 335.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.4669, 7.5083, 19.0959)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B177A #178B28

analogous

#62178B #8B177A #8B1740

triadic

#8B177A #7A8B17 #177A8B

tetradic

#8B177A #8B6217 #178B28 #17408B

square

#8B177A #8B6217 #178B28 #17408B

split-complementary

#8B177A #408B17 #178B62

monochromatic

#22061E #560E4C #8B177A #C020A8 #DF3DC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8B177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8B177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B177A

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B177A	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)

#17437D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.180 335.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a1',
    500: '#8b177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b177a;
$custom-light: #b165a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.793,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44595,
    "c": 0.1805,
    "h": 335.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B177A

secondary

#3FBF52

accent

#EE5439

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B177A

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

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