#8917B4#8917B4

#8917B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.225 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8917B4
RGB	rgb(137, 23, 180)
HSL	hsl(284, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(284, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 87.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.42, 65.69, -57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.42, 87.26, 318.83°)
OKLab	oklab(48.2% 0.1547 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(48.2% 0.225 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8597, 9.2271, 43.9587)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8917B4 #42B417

analogous

#3B17B4 #8917B4 #B41791

triadic

#8917B4 #B48917 #17B489

tetradic

#8917B4 #B43B17 #42B417 #1791B4

square

#8917B4 #B43B17 #42B417 #1791B4

split-complementary

#8917B4 #91B417 #17B43B

monochromatic

#360947 #60107E #8917B4 #AF25E3 #C35BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#8917B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8917B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8917B4

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8917B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8917B4	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84436B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8917b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 23, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.225 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b167cb',
    500: '#8917b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8917b4;
$custom-light: #b167cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8917b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.567,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48195,
    "c": 0.2245,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8917B4

secondary

#79CE59

accent

#F43469

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6EBF9

border

#D0C6D2

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8917B4

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

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