#8E178D#8E178D

#8E178D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.196 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E178D
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(301, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(301, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.58, 59.62, -36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.58, 70.05, 328.33°)
OKLab	oklab(46.22% 0.167 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(46.22% 0.196 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.2693, 8.2879, 25.9370)
Luminance	0.0829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E178D #178E18

analogous

#53178E #8E178D #8E1752

triadic

#8E178D #8D8E17 #178D8E

tetradic

#8E178D #8E5317 #178E18 #17528E

square

#8E178D #8E5317 #178E18 #17528E

split-complementary

#8E178D #528E17 #178E53

monochromatic

#250624 #590E59 #8E178D #C320C1 #E03FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#8E178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#8E178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E178D

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E178D	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D568A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#932D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.196 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b366af',
    500: '#8e178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e178d;
$custom-light: #b366af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.504,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46215,
    "c": 0.19572,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E178D

secondary

#40C042

accent

#EF3A39

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E178D

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

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