#7817B4#7817B4

#7817B4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.220 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7817B4
RGB	rgb(120, 23, 180)
HSL	hsl(277, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(277, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 87.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.78, 63.17, -61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.78, 88.42, 315.60°)
OKLab	oklab(45.84% 0.1317 -0.1763)
OKLCH	oklch(45.84% 0.22 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.2885, 7.9013, 43.8382)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7817B4 #53B417

analogous

#2917B4 #7817B4 #B417A2

triadic

#7817B4 #B47817 #17B478

tetradic

#7817B4 #B42917 #53B417 #17A2B4

square

#7817B4 #B42917 #53B417 #17A2B4

split-complementary

#7817B4 #A2B417 #17B429

monochromatic

#300947 #54107E #7817B4 #9B25E3 #B45BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#7817B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#7817B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7817B4

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7817B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7817B4	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D466A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7817b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 23, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.220 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a565cc',
    500: '#7817b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7817b4;
$custom-light: #a565cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7817b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.07,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45837,
    "c": 0.22003,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7817B4

secondary

#86CE59

accent

#F4347D

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F4EBF9

border

#CEC6D2

text

#100613

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7817B4

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

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