#8A21A6#8A21A6

#8A21A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.206 H 317.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A21A6
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 166)
HSL	hsl(287, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(287, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 80.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.45, 60.55, -49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.45, 77.91, 321.01°)
OKLab	oklab(47.93% 0.1523 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(47.93% 0.206 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9070, 9.2450, 36.9102)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A21A6 #3DA621

analogous

#4721A6 #8A21A6 #A62180

triadic

#8A21A6 #A68A21 #21A68A

tetradic

#8A21A6 #A64721 #3DA621 #2180A6

square

#8A21A6 #A64721 #3DA621 #2180A6

split-complementary

#8A21A6 #80A621 #21A647

monochromatic

#350D40 #601773 #8A21A6 #B22FD6 #C562E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#8A21A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8A21A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A21A6

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A21A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A21A6	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2659A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a21a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.206 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ac1',
    500: '#8a21a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a21a6;
$custom-light: #b06ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a21a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.368,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47928,
    "c": 0.20554,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A21A6

secondary

#74C55E

accent

#EA3E62

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A21A6

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

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