#8C177F#8C177F

#8C177F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.185 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C177F
RGB	rgb(140, 23, 127)
HSL	hsl(307, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(307, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.6%, 9.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.40, 57.00, -29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.40, 64.40, 332.26°)
OKLab	oklab(45.05% 0.1652 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(45.05% 0.185 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.9525, 7.7219, 20.7775)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C177F #178C24

analogous

#5F178C #8C177F #8C1744

triadic

#8C177F #7F8C17 #177F8C

tetradic

#8C177F #8C5F17 #178C24 #17448C

square

#8C177F #8C5F17 #178C24 #17448C

split-complementary

#8C177F #448C17 #178C5F

monochromatic

#230620 #570E4F #8C177F #C120AF #DF3ECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#8C177F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8C177F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C177F

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C177F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C177F	1.00	8.25	2.54	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#114482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43547C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93254C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c177f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 23, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.185 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b165a4',
    500: '#8c177f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c177f;
$custom-light: #b165a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c177f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.667,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45047,
    "c": 0.18455,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C177F

secondary

#3FBF4E

accent

#EF4D39

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C177F

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

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