#8A21B4#8A21B4

#8A21B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.217 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A21B4
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 180)
HSL	hsl(283, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(283, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 81.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.46, 63.27, -55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.46, 84.33, 318.62°)
OKLab	oklab(48.95% 0.1497 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(48.95% 0.217 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.2619, 9.7869, 44.0456)
Luminance	0.0979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A21B4 #4BB421

analogous

#4121B4 #8A21B4 #B42195

triadic

#8A21B4 #B48A21 #21B48A

tetradic

#8A21B4 #B44121 #4BB421 #2195B4

square

#8A21B4 #B44121 #4BB421 #2195B4

split-complementary

#8A21B4 #95B421 #21B441

monochromatic

#3B0E4D #621880 #8A21B4 #AC38DA #C26BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#8A21B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#8A21B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A21B4

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A21B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A21B4	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#085AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85466C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a21b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.217 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bcb',
    500: '#8a21b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a21b4;
$custom-light: #b16bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a21b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4895,
    "c": 0.21745,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A21B4

secondary

#83CA67

accent

#EC3C6E

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A21B4

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

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