#8A21AE#8A21AE

#8A21AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.212 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A21AE
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 174)
HSL	hsl(285, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(285, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 81%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.02, 62.09, -52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.02, 81.57, 319.58°)
OKLab	oklab(48.51% 0.1509 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(48.51% 0.212 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.6638, 9.5477, 40.8959)
Luminance	0.0955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A21AE #45AE21

analogous

#4321AE #8A21AE #AE218B

triadic

#8A21AE #AE8A21 #21AE8A

tetradic

#8A21AE #AE4321 #45AE21 #218BAE

square

#8A21AE #AE4321 #45AE21 #218BAE

split-complementary

#8A21AE #8BAE21 #21AE43

monochromatic

#380D47 #61177B #8A21AE #AE34D8 #C367E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#8A21AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#8A21AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A21AE

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A21AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A21AE	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#195AAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#874369

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a21ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.212 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16ac7',
    500: '#8a21ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a21ae;
$custom-light: #b16ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a21ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.681,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48505,
    "c": 0.21233,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A21AE

secondary

#7DC863

accent

#EB3D69

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A21AE

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

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