#8A20A0#8A20A0

#8A20A0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.201 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A20A0
RGB	rgb(138, 32, 160)
HSL	hsl(290, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(290, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 80%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.94, 59.73, -46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.94, 75.53, 322.26°)
OKLab	oklab(47.43% 0.154 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(47.43% 0.201 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3421, 8.9753, 34.0698)
Luminance	0.0897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A20A0 #36A020

analogous

#4A20A0 #8A20A0 #A02076

triadic

#8A20A0 #A08A20 #20A08A

tetradic

#8A20A0 #A04A20 #36A020 #2076A0

square

#8A20A0 #A04A20 #36A020 #2076A0

split-complementary

#8A20A0 #76A020 #20A04A

monochromatic

#320C3A #5E166D #8A20A0 #B62AD3 #C85CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#8A20A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#8A20A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A20A0

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A20A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A20A0	1.00	7.51	2.79	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C589D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A3C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a20a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 32, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.201 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069bd',
    500: '#8a20a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a20a0;
$custom-light: #b069bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a20a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.688,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47434,
    "c": 0.20142,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A20A0

secondary

#6BC359

accent

#EA3E5C

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A20A0

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

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