#8B177F#8B177F

#8B177F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.184 H 333.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B177F
RGB	rgb(139, 23, 127)
HSL	hsl(306, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(306, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 8.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.21, 56.78, -30.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.21, 64.35, 331.93°)
OKLab	oklab(44.88% 0.1641 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(44.88% 0.184 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.7847, 7.6354, 20.7697)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B177F #178B23

analogous

#5D178B #8B177F #8B1745

triadic

#8B177F #7F8B17 #177F8B

tetradic

#8B177F #8B5D17 #178B23 #17458B

square

#8B177F #8B5D17 #178B23 #17458B

split-complementary

#8B177F #458B17 #178B5D

monochromatic

#22061F #560E4F #8B177F #C020AF #DF3DCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#8B177F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8B177F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B177F

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B177F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B177F	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F4482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42547C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92264C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b177f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 23, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.184 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a4',
    500: '#8b177f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b177f;
$custom-light: #b165a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b177f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.207,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4488,
    "c": 0.18405,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B177F

secondary

#3FBF4C

accent

#EE4C39

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B177F

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

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