#8A21A4#8A21A4

#8A21A4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.204 H 318.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A21A4
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 164)
HSL	hsl(288, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(288, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 79.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.31, 60.17, -48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.31, 77.00, 321.40°)
OKLab	oklab(47.79% 0.1526 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(47.79% 0.204 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7250, 9.1722, 35.9515)
Luminance	0.0917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A21A4 #3BA421

analogous

#4921A4 #8A21A4 #A4217C

triadic

#8A21A4 #A48A21 #21A48A

tetradic

#8A21A4 #A44921 #3BA421 #217CA4

square

#8A21A4 #A44921 #3BA421 #217CA4

split-complementary

#8A21A4 #7CA421 #21A449

monochromatic

#340C3E #5F1771 #8A21A4 #B42DD5 #C660DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.41

#8A21A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#8A21A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A21A4

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A21A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A21A4	1.00	7.41	2.83	7.41
#FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2959A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#893F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a21a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.204 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ac0',
    500: '#8a21a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a21a4;
$custom-light: #b06ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a21a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.092,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47787,
    "c": 0.20385,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A21A4

secondary

#71C45D

accent

#E93E60

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A21A4

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

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