#8B177D#8B177D

#8B177D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.183 H 334.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B177D
RGB	rgb(139, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(307, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(307, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 10.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.10, 56.48, -29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.10, 63.58, 332.66°)
OKLab	oklab(44.77% 0.1641 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(44.77% 0.183 334)
XYZ	xyz(14.6557, 7.5838, 20.0900)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B177D #178B25

analogous

#5F178B #8B177D #8B1743

triadic

#8B177D #7D8B17 #177D8B

tetradic

#8B177D #8B5F17 #178B25 #17438B

square

#8B177D #8B5F17 #178B25 #17438B

split-complementary

#8B177D #438B17 #178B5F

monochromatic

#22061F #560E4E #8B177D #C020AC #DF3DCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#8B177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B177D

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B177D	1.00	8.35	2.52	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#134380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43547A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92244B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.183 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a3',
    500: '#8b177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b177d;
$custom-light: #b165a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.241,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44765,
    "c": 0.18262,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.07582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B177D

secondary

#3FBF4F

accent

#EE4F39

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B177D

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

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