#8D177D#8D177D

#8D177D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.184 H 334.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D177D
RGB	rgb(141, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(308, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(308, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.7%, 11.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.47, 56.91, -28.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.47, 63.69, 333.33°)
OKLab	oklab(45.1% 0.1661 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(45.1% 0.184 334.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.9928, 7.7576, 20.1058)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D177D #178D27

analogous

#62178D #8D177D #8D1742

triadic

#8D177D #7D8D17 #177D8D

tetradic

#8D177D #8D6217 #178D27 #17428D

square

#8D177D #8D6217 #178D27 #17428D

split-complementary

#8D177D #428D17 #178D62

monochromatic

#240620 #580E4E #8D177D #C220AC #E03FCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#8D177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8D177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D177D

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D177D	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#154480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44557A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94244B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.184 334.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b265a3',
    500: '#8d177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d177d;
$custom-light: #b265a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.136,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.451,
    "c": 0.18365,
    "h": 334.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D177D

secondary

#40C051

accent

#EF5239

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D177D

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

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