#8517A1#8517A1

#8517A1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.208 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8517A1
RGB	rgb(133, 23, 161)
HSL	hsl(288, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(288, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 85.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.34, 61.44, -49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.34, 78.87, 321.17°)
OKLab	oklab(46.17% 0.1541 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(46.17% 0.208 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.4114, 8.1733, 34.4245)
Luminance	0.0817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8517A1 #33A117

analogous

#4017A1 #8517A1 #A11778

triadic

#8517A1 #A18517 #17A185

tetradic

#8517A1 #A14017 #33A117 #1778A1

square

#8517A1 #A14017 #33A117 #1778A1

split-complementary

#8517A1 #78A117 #17A140

monochromatic

#2D0836 #590F6B #8517A1 #B11FD7 #C74DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#8517A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#8517A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8517A1

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8517A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8517A1	1.00	7.97	2.63	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D549E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#843A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8517a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 23, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.208 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad66be',
    500: '#8517a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8517a1;
$custom-light: #ad66be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8517a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.826,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46174,
    "c": 0.20776,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8517A1

secondary

#65C74C

accent

#F2365C

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6EBF7

border

#D0C6D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8517A1

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

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