#8420B4#8420B4

#8420B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.216 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8420B4
RGB	rgb(132, 32, 180)
HSL	hsl(281, 70%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(281, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 82.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.43, 62.56, -57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.43, 84.94, 317.43°)
OKLab	oklab(48.05% 0.1425 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(48.05% 0.217 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2689, 9.2343, 43.9912)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8420B4 #50B420

analogous

#3A20B4 #8420B4 #B4209A

triadic

#8420B4 #B48420 #20B484

tetradic

#8420B4 #B43A20 #50B420 #209AB4

square

#8420B4 #B43A20 #50B420 #209AB4

split-complementary

#8420B4 #9AB420 #20B43A

monochromatic

#380E4C #5E1780 #8420B4 #A636DB #BD6AE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#8420B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8420B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8420B4

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8420B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8420B4	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E476C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8420b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 32, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.216 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad69cb',
    500: '#8420b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8420b4;
$custom-light: #ad69cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8420b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.541,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48048,
    "c": 0.2165,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8420B4

secondary

#86CA66

accent

#ED3B75

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8420B4

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

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