#8E177F#8E177F

#8E177F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.186 H 334.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E177F
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 127)
HSL	hsl(308, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(308, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 10.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.77, 57.43, -29.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.77, 64.50, 332.92°)
OKLab	oklab(45.38% 0.1672 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(45.38% 0.186 334.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.2927, 7.8973, 20.7935)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E177F #178E26

analogous

#62178E #8E177F #8E1744

triadic

#8E177F #7F8E17 #177F8E

tetradic

#8E177F #8E6217 #178E26 #17448E

square

#8E177F #8E6217 #178E26 #17448E

split-complementary

#8E177F #448E17 #178E62

monochromatic

#250621 #590E50 #8E177F #C320AE #E03FCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#8E177F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8E177F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E177F

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E177F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E177F	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#134582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44557C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95254C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e177f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.186 334.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b365a4',
    500: '#8e177f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e177f;
$custom-light: #b365a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e177f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.563,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45381,
    "c": 0.18556,
    "h": 334.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E177F

secondary

#40C051

accent

#EF5039

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E177F

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

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