#8D178B#8D178B

#8D178B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.194 H 329.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D178B
RGB	rgb(141, 23, 139)
HSL	hsl(301, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(301, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.7%, 1.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.27, 59.09, -36.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.27, 69.22, 328.63°)
OKLab	oklab(45.93% 0.166 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(45.93% 0.194 329)
XYZ	xyz(15.9510, 8.1408, 25.1523)
Luminance	0.0814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D178B #178D19

analogous

#54178D #8D178B #8D1750

triadic

#8D178B #8B8D17 #178B8D

tetradic

#8D178B #8D5417 #178D19 #17508D

square

#8D178B #8D5417 #178D19 #17508D

split-complementary

#8D178B #508D17 #178D54

monochromatic

#240623 #580E57 #8D178B #C220BF #E03FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.99

#8D178B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#8D178B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D178B

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D178B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D178B	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)

#00478E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d178b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 23, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.194 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b266ad',
    500: '#8d178b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d178b;
$custom-light: #b266ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d178b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.017,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45929,
    "c": 0.19378,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.0814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D178B

secondary

#40C042

accent

#EF3C39

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D178B

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

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