#8A17A0#8A17A0

#8A17A0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.209 H 320.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A17A0
RGB	rgb(138, 23, 160)
HSL	hsl(290, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(290, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 85.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.11, 62.12, -47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.11, 78.24, 322.56°)
OKLab	oklab(46.86% 0.1603 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(46.86% 0.209 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1320, 8.5551, 33.9998)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A17A0 #2DA017

analogous

#4517A0 #8A17A0 #A01771

triadic

#8A17A0 #A08A17 #17A08A

tetradic

#8A17A0 #A04517 #2DA017 #1771A0

square

#8A17A0 #A04517 #2DA017 #1771A0

split-complementary

#8A17A0 #71A017 #17A045

monochromatic

#2E0835 #5C0F6A #8A17A0 #B81FD6 #CD4CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#8A17A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#8A17A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A17A0

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A17A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A17A0	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27569D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A385F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a17a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 23, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.209 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166bd',
    500: '#8a17a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a17a0;
$custom-light: #b166bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a17a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.365,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46855,
    "c": 0.20873,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A17A0

secondary

#60C74C

accent

#F13654

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6EBF7

border

#D0C6D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A17A0

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

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