#8E178E#8E178E

#8E178E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.196 H 328.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E178E
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(300, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(300, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.64, 59.78, -37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.64, 70.46, 328.04°)
OKLab	oklab(46.28% 0.1669 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(46.28% 0.196 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.3440, 8.3178, 26.3306)
Luminance	0.0832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E178E #178E17

analogous

#53178E #8E178E #8E1753

triadic

#8E178E #8E8E17 #178E8E

tetradic

#8E178E #8E5317 #178E17 #17538E

square

#8E178E #8E5317 #178E17 #17538E

split-complementary

#8E178E #538E17 #178E53

monochromatic

#250625 #590E59 #8E178E #C320C3 #E03FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88

#8E178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#8E178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E178E

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E178E	1.00	7.88	2.66	7.88
#FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C578B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#932D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.196 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b366af',
    500: '#8e178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e178e;
$custom-light: #b366af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46278,
    "c": 0.19646,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E178E

secondary

#40C040

accent

#EF3939

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF5

border

#D0C6CF

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E178E

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

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