#8A20A7#8A20A7

#8A20A7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.207 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A20A7
RGB	rgb(138, 32, 167)
HSL	hsl(287, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(287, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 80.8%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.42, 61.04, -49.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.42, 78.70, 320.86°)
OKLab	oklab(47.93% 0.1529 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(47.93% 0.207 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9718, 9.2271, 37.3861)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A20A7 #3DA720

analogous

#4720A7 #8A20A7 #A72081

triadic

#8A20A7 #A78A20 #20A78A

tetradic

#8A20A7 #A74720 #3DA720 #2081A7

square

#8A20A7 #A74720 #3DA720 #2081A7

split-complementary

#8A20A7 #81A720 #20A747

monochromatic

#350C40 #601674 #8A20A7 #B22DD7 #C561E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#8A20A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8A20A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A20A7

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A20A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A20A7	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)

#004FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2459A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a20a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 32, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.207 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ac2',
    500: '#8a20a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a20a7;
$custom-light: #b06ac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a20a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.111,
    "s": 67.839,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47926,
    "c": 0.20728,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A20A7

secondary

#74C55D

accent

#EB3D62

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A20A7

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

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