#8B178F#8B178F

#8B178F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.196 H 326.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B178F
RGB	rgb(139, 23, 143)
HSL	hsl(298, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(298, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 83.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.16, 59.35, -38.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.16, 70.86, 326.89°)
OKLab	oklab(45.86% 0.1636 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(45.86% 0.196 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.9115, 8.0861, 26.7040)
Luminance	0.0809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B178F #1B8F17

analogous

#4F178F #8B178F #8F1757

triadic

#8B178F #8F8B17 #178F8B

tetradic

#8B178F #8F4F17 #1B8F17 #17578F

square

#8B178F #8F4F17 #1B8F17 #17578F

split-complementary

#8B178F #578F17 #178F4F

monochromatic

#250626 #580F5A #8B178F #BE1FC4 #DB40E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#8B178F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8B178F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B178F

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B178F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B178F	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004792

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38558C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F2F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b178f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 23, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.196 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166b0',
    500: '#8b178f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b178f;
$custom-light: #b166b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b178f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4586,
    "c": 0.19591,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B178F

secondary

#45C141

accent

#EF393F

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF5

border

#D0C6CF

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B178F

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

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