#7717B3#7717B3

#7717B3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.219 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7717B3
RGB	rgb(119, 23, 179)
HSL	hsl(277, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(277, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 87.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.54, 62.82, -61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.54, 88.02, 315.54°)
OKLab	oklab(45.62% 0.1306 -0.1757)
OKLCH	oklch(45.62% 0.219 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.0490, 7.7896, 43.2971)
Luminance	0.0779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7717B3 #53B317

analogous

#2917B3 #7717B3 #B317A1

triadic

#7717B3 #B37717 #17B377

tetradic

#7717B3 #B32917 #53B317 #17A1B3

square

#7717B3 #B32917 #53B317 #17A1B3

split-complementary

#7717B3 #A1B317 #17B329

monochromatic

#2F0947 #53107D #7717B3 #9A24E3 #B35BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#7717B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#7717B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7717B3

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7717B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7717B3	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C456A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7717b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(119, 23, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.219 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a565cb',
    500: '#7717b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7717b3;
$custom-light: #a565cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7717b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 119,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45618,
    "c": 0.21893,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7717B3

secondary

#85CD58

accent

#F4347E

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F4EBF9

border

#CEC6D2

text

#100613

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7717B3

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

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