#8C177D#8C177D

#8C177D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.183 H 334.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C177D
RGB	rgb(140, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(308, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(308, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.6%, 10.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.29, 56.70, -28.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.29, 63.64, 332.99°)
OKLab	oklab(44.93% 0.1651 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(44.93% 0.183 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.8235, 7.6703, 20.0979)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C177D #178C26

analogous

#61178C #8C177D #8C1743

triadic

#8C177D #7D8C17 #177D8C

tetradic

#8C177D #8C6117 #178C26 #17438C

square

#8C177D #8C6117 #178C26 #17438C

split-complementary

#8C177D #438C17 #178C61

monochromatic

#23061F #570E4E #8C177D #C120AC #DF3ECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#8C177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8C177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C177D

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C177D	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#144480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43547A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93244B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.183 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a3',
    500: '#8c177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c177d;
$custom-light: #b165a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.692,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44932,
    "c": 0.18314,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C177D

secondary

#3FBF50

accent

#EF5139

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C177D

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

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