#8A20B4#8A20B4

#8A20B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.218 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A20B4
RGB	rgb(138, 32, 180)
HSL	hsl(283, 70%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(283, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 82.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.36, 63.56, -55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.36, 84.65, 318.67°)
OKLab	oklab(48.88% 0.1504 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(48.88% 0.218 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.2345, 9.7322, 44.0365)
Luminance	0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A20B4 #4AB420

analogous

#4020B4 #8A20B4 #B42094

triadic

#8A20B4 #B48A20 #20B48A

tetradic

#8A20B4 #B44020 #4AB420 #2094B4

square

#8A20B4 #B44020 #4AB420 #2094B4

split-complementary

#8A20B4 #94B420 #20B440

monochromatic

#3A0E4C #621780 #8A20B4 #AC36DB #C26AE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#8A20B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#8A20B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A20B4

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A20B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A20B4	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#065AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85466C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a20b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 32, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.218 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16acb',
    500: '#8a20b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a20b4;
$custom-light: #b16acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a20b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.973,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48881,
    "c": 0.21828,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A20B4

secondary

#82CA66

accent

#ED3B6E

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A20B4

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

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