#8E178A#8E178A

#8E178A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.193 H 329.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E178A
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 138)
HSL	hsl(302, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(302, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.40, 59.14, -35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.40, 68.83, 329.23°)
OKLab	oklab(46.03% 0.1671 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(46.03% 0.193 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.0491, 8.1998, 24.7773)
Luminance	0.0820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E178A #178E1B

analogous

#57178E #8E178A #8E174E

triadic

#8E178A #8A8E17 #178A8E

tetradic

#8E178A #8E5717 #178E1B #174E8E

square

#8E178A #8E5717 #178E1B #174E8E

split-complementary

#8E178A #4E8E17 #178E57

monochromatic

#250624 #590E57 #8E178A #C320BD #E03FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.96

#8E178A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8E178A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E178A

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E178A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E178A	1.00	7.96	2.64	7.96
#FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00478D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#932B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e178a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.193 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b366ac',
    500: '#8e178a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e178a;
$custom-light: #b366ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e178a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.017,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4603,
    "c": 0.19349,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E178A

secondary

#40C045

accent

#EF3F39

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E178A

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

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