#8E178B#8E178B

#8E178B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.194 H 329.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E178B
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 139)
HSL	hsl(302, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(302, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 2.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.46, 59.30, -35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.46, 69.23, 328.92°)
OKLab	oklab(46.09% 0.1671 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(46.09% 0.194 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.1218, 8.2289, 25.1603)
Luminance	0.0823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E178B #178E1A

analogous

#56178E #8E178B #8E174F

triadic

#8E178B #8B8E17 #178B8E

tetradic

#8E178B #8E5617 #178E1A #174F8E

square

#8E178B #8E5617 #178E1A #174F8E

split-complementary

#8E178B #4F8E17 #178E56

monochromatic

#250624 #590E57 #8E178B #C320BF #E03FDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#8E178B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#8E178B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E178B

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E178B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E178B	1.00	7.94	2.65	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00478E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#932C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e178b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.194 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b366ad',
    500: '#8e178b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e178b;
$custom-light: #b366ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e178b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.513,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46091,
    "c": 0.19423,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E178B

secondary

#40C044

accent

#EF3E39

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E178B

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

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