#8A21B2#8A21B2

#8A21B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.216 H 314.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A21B2
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 178)
HSL	hsl(283, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(283, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 81.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.31, 62.88, -54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.31, 83.41, 318.93°)
OKLab	oklab(48.8% 0.1501 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(48.8% 0.216 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.0596, 9.7060, 42.9803)
Luminance	0.0970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A21B2 #49B221

analogous

#4221B2 #8A21B2 #B22192

triadic

#8A21B2 #B28A21 #21B28A

tetradic

#8A21B2 #B24221 #49B221 #2192B2

square

#8A21B2 #B24221 #49B221 #2192B2

split-complementary

#8A21B2 #92B221 #21B242

monochromatic

#3A0E4B #62177E #8A21B2 #AD36DA #C26AE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#8A21B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#8A21B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A21B2

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A21B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A21B2	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F5AAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86456B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a21b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.216 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bca',
    500: '#8a21b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a21b2;
$custom-light: #b16bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a21b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.448,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.488,
    "c": 0.21575,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A21B2

secondary

#81C966

accent

#EC3C6D

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A21B2

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

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