#8C178E#8C178E

#8C178E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.196 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C178E
RGB	rgb(140, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(299, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(299, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.28, 59.39, -37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.28, 70.44, 327.46°)
OKLab	oklab(45.96% 0.1648 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(45.96% 0.196 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.0039, 8.1424, 26.3147)
Luminance	0.0814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C178E #198E17

analogous

#51178E #8C178E #8E1754

triadic

#8C178E #8E8C17 #178E8C

tetradic

#8C178E #8E5117 #198E17 #17548E

square

#8C178E #8E5117 #198E17 #17548E

split-complementary

#8C178E #548E17 #178E51

monochromatic

#240625 #580E59 #8C178E #C020C3 #DD3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.99

#8C178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#8C178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C178E

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C178E	1.00	7.99	2.63	7.99
#FFFFFF	7.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A568B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#902E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.196 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b266af',
    500: '#8c178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c178e;
$custom-light: #b266af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.992,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45956,
    "c": 0.19559,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C178E

secondary

#43C040

accent

#EF393C

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF5

border

#D0C6CF

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C178E

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

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