#8B17B4#8B17B4

#8B17B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.225 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B17B4
RGB	rgb(139, 23, 180)
HSL	hsl(284, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(284, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 87.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.74, 66.01, -56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.74, 87.15, 319.23°)
OKLab	oklab(48.48% 0.1572 -0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(48.48% 0.225 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1907, 9.3977, 43.9742)
Luminance	0.0940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B17B4 #40B417

analogous

#3C17B4 #8B17B4 #B4178F

triadic

#8B17B4 #B48B17 #17B48B

tetradic

#8B17B4 #B43C17 #40B417 #178FB4

square

#8B17B4 #B43C17 #40B417 #178FB4

split-complementary

#8B17B4 #8FB417 #17B43C

monochromatic

#370947 #61107E #8B17B4 #B225E3 #C55BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#8B17B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#8B17B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B17B4

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B17B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B17B4	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87426B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b17b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 23, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.225 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b268cb',
    500: '#8b17b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b17b4;
$custom-light: #b268cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b17b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.331,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48481,
    "c": 0.22509,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B17B4

secondary

#78CE59

accent

#F43466

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#120713

muted

#817A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B17B4

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

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