#8B178E#8B178E

#8B178E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.195 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B178E
RGB	rgb(139, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(298, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(298, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.10, 59.19, -38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.10, 70.44, 327.17°)
OKLab	oklab(45.8% 0.1637 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(45.8% 0.195 327)
XYZ	xyz(15.8361, 8.0559, 26.3068)
Luminance	0.0805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B178E #1A8E17

analogous

#4F178E #8B178E #8E1756

triadic

#8B178E #8E8B17 #178E8B

tetradic

#8B178E #8E4F17 #1A8E17 #17568E

square

#8B178E #8E4F17 #1A8E17 #17568E

split-complementary

#8B178E #568E17 #178E4F

monochromatic

#240625 #570E59 #8B178E #BF20C3 #DC3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#8B178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8B178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B178E

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B178E	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39558B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F2E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.195 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166af',
    500: '#8b178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b178e;
$custom-light: #b166af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.487,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45796,
    "c": 0.19516,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.08055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B178E

secondary

#44C040

accent

#EF393E

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF5

border

#D0C6CF

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B178E

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

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