#8717B4#8717B4

#8717B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.224 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8717B4
RGB	rgb(135, 23, 180)
HSL	hsl(283, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(283, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 87.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.10, 65.38, -57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.10, 87.38, 318.44°)
OKLab	oklab(47.91% 0.1521 -0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(47.91% 0.224 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.5348, 9.0596, 43.9435)
Luminance	0.0906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8717B4 #44B417

analogous

#3917B4 #8717B4 #B41792

triadic

#8717B4 #B48717 #17B487

tetradic

#8717B4 #B43917 #44B417 #1792B4

square

#8717B4 #B43917 #44B417 #1792B4

split-complementary

#8717B4 #92B417 #17B439

monochromatic

#360947 #5E107E #8717B4 #AD25E3 #C15BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.47

#8717B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#8717B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8717B4

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8717B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8717B4	1.00	7.47	2.81	7.47
#FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82436B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8717b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 23, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.224 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af67cb',
    500: '#8717b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8717b4;
$custom-light: #af67cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8717b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.803,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4791,
    "c": 0.22392,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8717B4

secondary

#7BCE59

accent

#F4346B

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6EBF9

border

#D0C6D2

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8717B4

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

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