#8E177E#8E177E

#8E177E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.185 H 334.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E177E
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(308, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(308, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 11.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.71, 57.28, -28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.71, 64.13, 333.29°)
OKLab	oklab(45.32% 0.1671 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(45.32% 0.185 334.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.2278, 7.8713, 20.4520)
Luminance	0.0787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E177E #178E27

analogous

#62178E #8E177E #8E1743

triadic

#8E177E #7E8E17 #177E8E

tetradic

#8E177E #8E6217 #178E27 #17438E

square

#8E177E #8E6217 #178E27 #17438E

split-complementary

#8E177E #438E17 #178E62

monochromatic

#250621 #590E4F #8E177E #C320AD #E03FCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#8E177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8E177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E177E

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E177E	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#154481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45557B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95244B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.185 334.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b365a4',
    500: '#8e177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e177e;
$custom-light: #b365a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.067,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45324,
    "c": 0.18486,
    "h": 334.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E177E

secondary

#40C052

accent

#EF5139

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E177E

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

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