#7717B4#7717B4

#7717B4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.220 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7717B4
RGB	rgb(119, 23, 180)
HSL	hsl(277, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(277, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 87.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.63, 63.03, -62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.63, 88.49, 315.42°)
OKLab	oklab(45.7% 0.1303 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(45.7% 0.22 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.1505, 7.8302, 43.8317)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7717B4 #54B417

analogous

#2917B4 #7717B4 #B417A3

triadic

#7717B4 #B47717 #17B477

tetradic

#7717B4 #B42917 #54B417 #17A3B4

square

#7717B4 #B42917 #54B417 #17A3B4

split-complementary

#7717B4 #A3B417 #17B429

monochromatic

#2F0947 #53107E #7717B4 #9925E3 #B35BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#7717B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#7717B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7717B4

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7717B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7717B4	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C466A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7717b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(119, 23, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.220 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a565cc',
    500: '#7717b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7717b4;
$custom-light: #a565cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7717b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 119,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.688,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45703,
    "c": 0.21981,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7717B4

secondary

#86CE59

accent

#F4347F

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F4EBF9

border

#CEC6D2

text

#100613

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7717B4

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

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