#8C178B#8C178B

#8C178B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.193 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C178B
RGB	rgb(140, 23, 139)
HSL	hsl(301, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(301, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.6%, 0.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.09, 58.89, -36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.09, 69.20, 328.33°)
OKLab	oklab(45.77% 0.165 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(45.77% 0.193 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.7817, 8.0535, 25.1444)
Luminance	0.0805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C178B #178C18

analogous

#53178C #8C178B #8C1751

triadic

#8C178B #8B8C17 #178B8C

tetradic

#8C178B #8C5317 #178C18 #17518C

square

#8C178B #8C5317 #178C18 #17518C

split-complementary

#8C178B #518C17 #178C53

monochromatic

#230623 #570E57 #8C178B #C120BF #DF3EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#8C178B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8C178B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C178B

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C178B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C178B	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00478E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c178b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 23, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.193 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166ad',
    500: '#8c178b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c178b;
$custom-light: #b166ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c178b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.513,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45767,
    "c": 0.19333,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C178B

secondary

#3FBF40

accent

#EF3B39

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C178B

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

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