#8E177D#8E177D

#8E177D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.184 H 335.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E177D
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(309, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(309, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 12%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.66, 57.13, -28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.66, 63.75, 333.66°)
OKLab	oklab(45.27% 0.1671 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(45.27% 0.184 335.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.1636, 7.8457, 20.1138)
Luminance	0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E177D #178E28

analogous

#63178E #8E177D #8E1742

triadic

#8E177D #7D8E17 #177D8E

tetradic

#8E177D #8E6317 #178E28 #17428E

square

#8E177D #8E6317 #178E28 #17428E

split-complementary

#8E177D #428E17 #178E63

monochromatic

#250620 #590E4F #8E177D #C320AB #E03FC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#8E177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8E177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E177D

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E177D	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#164480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45557A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95234B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.184 335.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b365a3',
    500: '#8e177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e177d;
$custom-light: #b365a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45268,
    "c": 0.18416,
    "h": 335.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E177D

secondary

#40C053

accent

#EF5339

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E177D

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

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