#8C178C#8C178C

#8C178C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.194 H 328.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C178C
RGB	rgb(140, 23, 140)
HSL	hsl(300, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(300, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.15, 59.06, -36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.15, 69.61, 328.03°)
OKLab	oklab(45.83% 0.1649 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(45.83% 0.194 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.8551, 8.0829, 25.5309)
Luminance	0.0808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C178C #178C17

analogous

#52178C #8C178C #8C1752

triadic

#8C178C #8C8C17 #178C8C

tetradic

#8C178C #8C5217 #178C17 #17528C

square

#8C178C #8C5217 #178C17 #17528C

split-complementary

#8C178C #528C17 #178C52

monochromatic

#230623 #570E57 #8C178C #C120C1 #DF3EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#8C178C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8C178C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C178C

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C178C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C178C	1.00	8.03	2.62	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00478F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B5589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c178c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 23, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.194 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166ae',
    500: '#8c178c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c178c;
$custom-light: #b166ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c178c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4583,
    "c": 0.19408,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C178C

secondary

#3FBF3F

accent

#EF3939

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C178C

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

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