#8A21A8#8A21A8

#8A21A8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.207 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A21A8
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 168)
HSL	hsl(287, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(287, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 80.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.59, 60.93, -49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.59, 78.82, 320.63°)
OKLab	oklab(48.07% 0.152 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(48.07% 0.207 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0919, 9.3189, 37.8839)
Luminance	0.0932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A21A8 #3FA821

analogous

#4721A8 #8A21A8 #A82182

triadic

#8A21A8 #A88A21 #21A88A

tetradic

#8A21A8 #A84721 #3FA821 #2182A8

square

#8A21A8 #A84721 #3FA821 #2182A8

split-complementary

#8A21A8 #82A821 #21A847

monochromatic

#360D42 #601775 #8A21A8 #B130D6 #C563E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#8A21A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#8A21A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A21A8

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A21A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A21A8	1.00	7.33	2.86	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2359A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a21a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.207 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ac3',
    500: '#8a21a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a21a8;
$custom-light: #b06ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a21a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4807,
    "c": 0.20723,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A21A8

secondary

#76C55F

accent

#EA3E64

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A21A8

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

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