#8A21BD#8A21BD

#8A21BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.225 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A21BD
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 189)
HSL	hsl(280, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(280, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 82.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.14, 65.07, -59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.14, 88.48, 317.34°)
OKLab	oklab(49.64% 0.1475 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(49.64% 0.225 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2086, 10.1656, 49.0318)
Luminance	0.1017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A21BD #54BD21

analogous

#3C21BD #8A21BD #BD21A2

triadic

#8A21BD #BD8A21 #21BD8A

tetradic

#8A21BD #BD3C21 #54BD21 #21A2BD

square

#8A21BD #BD3C21 #54BD21 #21A2BD

split-complementary

#8A21BD #A2BD21 #21BD3C

monochromatic

#3E0F55 #641889 #8A21BD #A93EDD #C072E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92

#8A21BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#8A21BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A21BD

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A21BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A21BD	1.00	6.92	3.03	6.92
#FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#834A71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a21bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.225 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26bd2',
    500: '#8a21bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a21bd;
$custom-light: #b26bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a21bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49639,
    "c": 0.22519,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A21BD

secondary

#8CCD6D

accent

#ED3B75

background

#FBF6FD

surface

#F6ECFA

border

#D0C7D3

text

#110814

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A21BD

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

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