#8C17A0#8C17A0

#8C17A0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.209 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C17A0
RGB	rgb(140, 23, 160)
HSL	hsl(291, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(291, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 85.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.45, 62.48, -46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.45, 78.18, 323.05°)
OKLab	oklab(47.16% 0.1627 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(47.16% 0.209 321)
XYZ	xyz(17.4660, 8.7273, 34.0154)
Luminance	0.0873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C17A0 #2BA017

analogous

#4717A0 #8C17A0 #A0176F

triadic

#8C17A0 #A08C17 #17A08C

tetradic

#8C17A0 #A04717 #2BA017 #176FA0

square

#8C17A0 #A04717 #2BA017 #176FA0

split-complementary

#8C17A0 #6FA017 #17A047

monochromatic

#2E0835 #5D0F6A #8C17A0 #BB1FD6 #CF4CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.65

#8C17A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#8C17A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C17A0

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C17A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C17A0	1.00	7.65	2.75	7.65
#FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A579D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D385F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c17a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 23, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.209 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b267bd',
    500: '#8c17a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c17a0;
$custom-light: #b267bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c17a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.241,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4716,
    "c": 0.20946,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.08726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C17A0

secondary

#5EC74C

accent

#F13652

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6EBF6

border

#D0C6D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C17A0

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

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