#8E17A0#8E17A0

#8E17A0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.210 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E17A0
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 160)
HSL	hsl(292, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(292, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 85.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.80, 62.84, -46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.80, 78.13, 323.54°)
OKLab	oklab(47.47% 0.165 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(47.47% 0.21 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8062, 8.9027, 34.0314)
Luminance	0.0890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E17A0 #29A017

analogous

#4917A0 #8E17A0 #A0176D

triadic

#8E17A0 #A08E17 #17A08E

tetradic

#8E17A0 #A04917 #29A017 #176DA0

square

#8E17A0 #A04917 #29A017 #176DA0

split-complementary

#8E17A0 #6DA017 #17A049

monochromatic

#2F0835 #5F0F6A #8E17A0 #BD1FD6 #D14CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.55

#8E17A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#8E17A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E17A0

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E17A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E17A0	1.00	7.55	2.78	7.55
#FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D589D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F375F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e17a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.210 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b367bd',
    500: '#8e17a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e17a0;
$custom-light: #b367bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e17a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.117,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47466,
    "c": 0.2102,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E17A0

secondary

#5CC74C

accent

#F1364F

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6EBF6

border

#D0C6D0

text

#120712

muted

#817A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E17A0

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

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