#8E17B4#8E17B4

#8E17B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.226 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E17B4
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 180)
HSL	hsl(285, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(285, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 87.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.22, 66.48, -56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.22, 86.98, 319.84°)
OKLab	oklab(48.91% 0.161 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(48.91% 0.226 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6986, 9.6597, 43.9980)
Luminance	0.0966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E17B4 #3DB417

analogous

#4017B4 #8E17B4 #B4178B

triadic

#8E17B4 #B48E17 #17B48E

tetradic

#8E17B4 #B44017 #3DB417 #178BB4

square

#8E17B4 #B44017 #3DB417 #178BB4

split-complementary

#8E17B4 #8BB417 #17B440

monochromatic

#380947 #63107E #8E17B4 #B525E3 #C85BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#8E17B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#8E17B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E17B4

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E17B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E17B4	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#095AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B426B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e17b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.226 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b468cb',
    500: '#8e17b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e17b4;
$custom-light: #b468cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e17b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.478,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48914,
    "c": 0.22601,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E17B4

secondary

#75CE59

accent

#F43462

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#120713

muted

#817A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E17B4

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

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