#8C17A1#8C17A1

#8C17A1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.210 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C17A1
RGB	rgb(140, 23, 161)
HSL	hsl(291, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(291, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 85.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.52, 62.66, -47.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.52, 78.62, 322.84°)
OKLab	oklab(47.23% 0.1625 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(47.23% 0.21 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5539, 8.7624, 34.4780)
Luminance	0.0876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C17A1 #2CA117

analogous

#4717A1 #8C17A1 #A11771

triadic

#8C17A1 #A18C17 #17A18C

tetradic

#8C17A1 #A14717 #2CA117 #1771A1

square

#8C17A1 #A14717 #2CA117 #1771A1

split-complementary

#8C17A1 #71A117 #17A147

monochromatic

#2F0836 #5D0F6B #8C17A1 #BB1FD7 #CE4DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#8C17A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#8C17A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C17A1

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C17A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C17A1	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29579E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D385F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c17a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 23, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.210 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b267bd',
    500: '#8c17a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c17a1;
$custom-light: #b267bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c17a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.87,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4723,
    "c": 0.21025,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C17A1

secondary

#5FC74C

accent

#F23653

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6EBF7

border

#D0C6D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C17A1

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

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