#8E178F#8E178F

#8E178F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.197 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E178F
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 143)
HSL	hsl(300, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(300, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 83.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.70, 59.95, -37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.70, 70.88, 327.75°)
OKLab	oklab(46.34% 0.1669 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(46.34% 0.197 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.4194, 8.3480, 26.7278)
Luminance	0.0835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E178F #188F17

analogous

#52178F #8E178F #8F1754

triadic

#8E178F #8F8E17 #178F8E

tetradic

#8E178F #8F5217 #188F17 #17548F

square

#8E178F #8F5217 #188F17 #17548F

split-complementary

#8E178F #548F17 #178F52

monochromatic

#250626 #5A0F5A #8E178F #C21FC4 #DF40E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#8E178F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#8E178F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E178F

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E178F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E178F	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B578C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#932E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e178f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.197 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b366b0',
    500: '#8e178f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e178f;
$custom-light: #b366b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e178f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46341,
    "c": 0.19721,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E178F

secondary

#42C141

accent

#EF393A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF5

border

#D0C6CF

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E178F

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

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