#8E177B#8E177B

#8E177B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.183 H 336.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E177B
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(310, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(310, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 13.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.55, 56.84, -27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.55, 63.01, 334.43°)
OKLab	oklab(45.16% 0.167 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(45.16% 0.183 336)
XYZ	xyz(15.0371, 7.7951, 19.4477)
Luminance	0.0779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E177B #178E2A

analogous

#66178E #8E177B #8E173F

triadic

#8E177B #7B8E17 #177B8E

tetradic

#8E177B #8E6617 #178E2A #173F8E

square

#8E177B #8E6617 #178E2A #173F8E

split-complementary

#8E177B #3F8E17 #178E66

monochromatic

#250620 #590E4D #8E177B #C320A9 #E03FC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#8E177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8E177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E177B

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E177B	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#19447E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#962249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.183 336.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b365a1',
    500: '#8e177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e177b;
$custom-light: #b365a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.58,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45157,
    "c": 0.18277,
    "h": 336
  },
  "luminance": 0.07794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E177B

secondary

#40C055

accent

#EF5639

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E177B

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

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