#8B177E#8B177E

#8B177E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.183 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B177E
RGB	rgb(139, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(307, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(307, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 9.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.16, 56.63, -29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.16, 63.97, 332.29°)
OKLab	oklab(44.82% 0.1641 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(44.82% 0.183 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.7199, 7.6094, 20.4281)
Luminance	0.0761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B177E #178B24

analogous

#5E178B #8B177E #8B1744

triadic

#8B177E #7E8B17 #177E8B

tetradic

#8B177E #8B5E17 #178B24 #17448B

square

#8B177E #8B5E17 #178B24 #17448B

split-complementary

#8B177E #448B17 #178B5E

monochromatic

#22061F #560E4E #8B177E #C020AE #DF3DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#8B177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B177E

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B177E	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#114481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42547B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92254B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.183 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a4',
    500: '#8b177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b177e;
$custom-light: #b165a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.724,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44823,
    "c": 0.18334,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B177E

secondary

#3FBF4E

accent

#EE4E39

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B177E

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

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