#8D17B4#8D17B4

#8D17B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.226 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D17B4
RGB	rgb(141, 23, 180)
HSL	hsl(285, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(285, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 87.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.06, 66.32, -56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.06, 87.04, 319.64°)
OKLab	oklab(48.77% 0.1598 -0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(48.77% 0.226 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5277, 9.5716, 43.9900)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D17B4 #3EB417

analogous

#3F17B4 #8D17B4 #B4178C

triadic

#8D17B4 #B48D17 #17B48D

tetradic

#8D17B4 #B43F17 #3EB417 #178CB4

square

#8D17B4 #B43F17 #3EB417 #178CB4

split-complementary

#8D17B4 #8CB417 #17B43F

monochromatic

#380947 #62107E #8D17B4 #B425E3 #C75BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#8D17B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#8D17B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D17B4

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D17B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D17B4	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#045AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A426B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d17b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 23, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.226 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b368cb',
    500: '#8d17b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d17b4;
$custom-light: #b368cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d17b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.096,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48769,
    "c": 0.2257,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D17B4

secondary

#76CE59

accent

#F43464

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#120713

muted

#817A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D17B4

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

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