#8A21A7#8A21A7

#8A21A7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.206 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A21A7
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 167)
HSL	hsl(287, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(287, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 80.2%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.52, 60.74, -49.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.52, 78.36, 320.82°)
OKLab	oklab(48% 0.1522 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(48% 0.206 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9991, 9.2818, 37.3952)
Luminance	0.0928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A21A7 #3EA721

analogous

#4721A7 #8A21A7 #A72181

triadic

#8A21A7 #A78A21 #21A78A

tetradic

#8A21A7 #A74721 #3EA721 #2181A7

square

#8A21A7 #A74721 #3EA721 #2181A7

split-complementary

#8A21A7 #81A721 #21A747

monochromatic

#360D41 #601774 #8A21A7 #B22FD6 #C562E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#8A21A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#8A21A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A21A7

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A21A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A21A7	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2559A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a21a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.206 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ac2',
    500: '#8a21a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a21a7;
$custom-light: #b06ac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a21a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.015,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47999,
    "c": 0.20639,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A21A7

secondary

#75C55F

accent

#EA3E63

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A21A7

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

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