#8A17B4#8A17B4

#8A17B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.225 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A17B4
RGB	rgb(138, 23, 180)
HSL	hsl(284, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(284, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 87.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.58, 65.85, -57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.58, 87.21, 319.03°)
OKLab	oklab(48.34% 0.156 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(48.34% 0.225 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.0244, 9.3120, 43.9664)
Luminance	0.0931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A17B4 #41B417

analogous

#3B17B4 #8A17B4 #B41790

triadic

#8A17B4 #B48A17 #17B48A

tetradic

#8A17B4 #B43B17 #41B417 #1790B4

square

#8A17B4 #B43B17 #41B417 #1790B4

split-complementary

#8A17B4 #90B417 #17B43B

monochromatic

#370947 #60107E #8A17B4 #B025E3 #C45BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#8A17B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#8A17B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A17B4

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A17B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A17B4	1.00	7.34	2.86	7.34
#FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86436B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a17b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 23, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.225 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b167cb',
    500: '#8a17b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a17b4;
$custom-light: #b167cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a17b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.949,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48338,
    "c": 0.22479,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A17B4

secondary

#78CE59

accent

#F43467

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6EBF9

border

#D0C6D2

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A17B4

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

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