#8C177E#8C177E

#8C177E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.184 H 333.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C177E
RGB	rgb(140, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(307, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(307, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.6%, 10%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.34, 56.85, -29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.34, 64.02, 332.62°)
OKLab	oklab(44.99% 0.1651 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(44.99% 0.184 333.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.8877, 7.6959, 20.4360)
Luminance	0.0770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C177E #178C25

analogous

#5F178C #8C177E #8C1744

triadic

#8C177E #7E8C17 #177E8C

tetradic

#8C177E #8C5F17 #178C25 #17448C

square

#8C177E #8C5F17 #178C25 #17448C

split-complementary

#8C177E #448C17 #178C5F

monochromatic

#23061F #570E4F #8C177E #C120AD #DF3ECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#8C177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8C177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C177E

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C177E	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#124481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43547B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93254B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.184 333.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a4',
    500: '#8c177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c177e;
$custom-light: #b165a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.179,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44989,
    "c": 0.18384,
    "h": 333.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C177E

secondary

#3FBF4F

accent

#EF4F39

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C177E

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

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