#8C178D#8C178D

#8C178D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.195 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C178D
RGB	rgb(140, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(299, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(299, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.22, 59.22, -37.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.22, 70.03, 327.74°)
OKLab	oklab(45.89% 0.1649 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(45.89% 0.195 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.9291, 8.1125, 25.9210)
Luminance	0.0811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C178D #188D17

analogous

#51178D #8C178D #8D1753

triadic

#8C178D #8D8C17 #178D8C

tetradic

#8C178D #8D5117 #188D17 #17538D

square

#8C178D #8D5117 #188D17 #17538D

split-complementary

#8C178D #538D17 #178D51

monochromatic

#240624 #580E58 #8C178D #C020C2 #DE3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01

#8C178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8C178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C178D

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C178D	1.00	8.01	2.62	8.01
#FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A558A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#902D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.195 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b266af',
    500: '#8c178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c178d;
$custom-light: #b266af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.492,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45893,
    "c": 0.19483,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C178D

secondary

#41C040

accent

#EF393B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C178D

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

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