#8A17A1#8A17A1

#8A17A1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.210 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A17A1
RGB	rgb(138, 23, 161)
HSL	hsl(290, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(290, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 85.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.18, 62.31, -48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.18, 78.68, 322.36°)
OKLab	oklab(46.93% 0.1601 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(46.93% 0.21 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2198, 8.5902, 34.4624)
Luminance	0.0859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A17A1 #2EA117

analogous

#4517A1 #8A17A1 #A11773

triadic

#8A17A1 #A18A17 #17A18A

tetradic

#8A17A1 #A14517 #2EA117 #1773A1

square

#8A17A1 #A14517 #2EA117 #1773A1

split-complementary

#8A17A1 #73A117 #17A145

monochromatic

#2E0836 #5C0F6B #8A17A1 #B81FD7 #CC4DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#8A17A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#8A17A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A17A1

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A17A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A17A1	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26569E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A395F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a17a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 23, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.210 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b166bd',
    500: '#8a17a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a17a1;
$custom-light: #b166bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a17a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46926,
    "c": 0.20952,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A17A1

secondary

#61C74C

accent

#F23655

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6EBF7

border

#D0C6D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A17A1

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

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