#8A21A1#8A21A1

#8A21A1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.201 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A21A1
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 161)
HSL	hsl(289, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(289, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 79.5%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.11, 59.61, -46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.11, 75.64, 322.01°)
OKLab	oklab(47.58% 0.1531 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(47.58% 0.201 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4573, 9.0651, 34.5415)
Luminance	0.0906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A21A1 #38A121

analogous

#4A21A1 #8A21A1 #A12178

triadic

#8A21A1 #A18A21 #21A18A

tetradic

#8A21A1 #A14A21 #38A121 #2178A1

square

#8A21A1 #A14A21 #38A121 #2178A1

split-complementary

#8A21A1 #78A121 #21A14A

monochromatic

#330C3B #5E176E #8A21A1 #B52CD4 #C75EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.47

#8A21A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#8A21A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A21A1

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A21A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A21A1	1.00	7.47	2.81	7.47
#FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C589E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A3D61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a21a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.201 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06abd',
    500: '#8a21a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a21a1;
$custom-light: #b06abd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a21a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.219,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47578,
    "c": 0.20134,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A21A1

secondary

#6EC35B

accent

#E93F5D

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A21A1

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

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