#821B79#821B79

#821B79 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.171 H 332.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#821B79
RGB	rgb(130, 27, 121)
HSL	hsl(305, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(305, 79%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 6.9%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.60, 52.75, -29.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.60, 60.27, 331.07°)
OKLab	oklab(43.31% 0.1514 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(43.31% 0.171 332.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.0491, 6.9113, 18.7322)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#821B79 #1B8224

analogous

#571B82 #821B79 #821B45

triadic

#821B79 #79821B #1B7982

tetradic

#821B79 #82571B #1B8224 #1B4582

square

#821B79 #82571B #1B8224 #1B4582

split-complementary

#821B79 #45821B #1B8257

monochromatic

#1D061B #4F104A #821B79 #B526A8 #D740CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#821B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#821B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #821B79

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##821B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##821B79	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13417B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4F77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#882849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #821b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(130, 27, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.171 332.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa64a0',
    500: '#821b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #821b79;
$custom-light: #aa64a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#821b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 130,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.243,
    "s": 65.605,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43313,
    "c": 0.17138,
    "h": 332.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#821B79

secondary

#43B64D

accent

#E94E3F

background

#FAF6F9

surface

#F4EBF2

border

#CEC6CC

text

#10060E

muted

#7F7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #821B79

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

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