#8F17B4#8F17B4

#8F17B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.226 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F17B4
RGB	rgb(143, 23, 180)
HSL	hsl(286, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(286, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 87.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.39, 66.64, -55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.39, 86.93, 320.05°)
OKLab	oklab(49.06% 0.1623 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(49.06% 0.226 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8710, 9.7485, 44.0061)
Luminance	0.0975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F17B4 #3CB417

analogous

#4117B4 #8F17B4 #B4178A

triadic

#8F17B4 #B48F17 #17B48F

tetradic

#8F17B4 #B44117 #3CB417 #178AB4

square

#8F17B4 #B44117 #3CB417 #178AB4

split-complementary

#8F17B4 #8AB417 #17B441

monochromatic

#390947 #64107E #8F17B4 #B625E3 #C85BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#8F17B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#8F17B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F17B4

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F17B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F17B4	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E5BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C426B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f17b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 23, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.226 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b568cb',
    500: '#8f17b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f17b4;
$custom-light: #b568cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f17b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.86,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49059,
    "c": 0.22632,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F17B4

secondary

#75CE59

accent

#F43461

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#120713

muted

#817A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F17B4

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

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