#8B178C#8B178C

#8B178C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.194 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B178C
RGB	rgb(139, 23, 140)
HSL	hsl(299, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(299, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 83.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.98, 58.86, -37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.98, 69.60, 327.74°)
OKLab	oklab(45.67% 0.1638 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(45.67% 0.194 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.6873, 7.9964, 25.5231)
Luminance	0.0799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B178C #188C17

analogous

#51178C #8B178C #8C1753

triadic

#8B178C #8C8B17 #178C8B

tetradic

#8B178C #8C5117 #188C17 #17538C

square

#8B178C #8C5117 #188C17 #17538C

split-complementary

#8B178C #538C17 #178C51

monochromatic

#230623 #570E57 #8B178C #BF20C1 #DE3EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#8B178C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8B178C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B178C

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B178C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B178C	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)

#00478F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F2D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b178c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 23, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.194 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165ae',
    500: '#8b178c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b178c;
$custom-light: #b165ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b178c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.487,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45669,
    "c": 0.19364,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B178C

secondary

#40BF3F

accent

#EF393B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B178C

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

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