#8C178A#8C178A

#8C178A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.193 H 329.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C178A
RGB	rgb(140, 23, 138)
HSL	hsl(301, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(301, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.6%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.03, 58.73, -35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.03, 68.79, 328.63°)
OKLab	oklab(45.71% 0.165 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(45.71% 0.193 329)
XYZ	xyz(15.7089, 8.0245, 24.7613)
Luminance	0.0802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C178A #178C19

analogous

#54178C #8C178A #8C174F

triadic

#8C178A #8A8C17 #178A8C

tetradic

#8C178A #8C5417 #178C19 #174F8C

square

#8C178A #8C5417 #178C19 #174F8C

split-complementary

#8C178A #4F8C17 #178C54

monochromatic

#230622 #570E56 #8C178A #C120BE #DF3EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#8C178A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8C178A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C178A

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C178A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C178A	1.00	8.06	2.60	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c178a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 23, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.193 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166ad',
    500: '#8c178a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c178a;
$custom-light: #b166ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c178a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.026,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45705,
    "c": 0.19258,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.08023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C178A

secondary

#3FBF42

accent

#EF3C39

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C178A

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

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