#8B20A1#8B20A1

#8B20A1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.203 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B20A1
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 161)
HSL	hsl(290, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(290, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 80.1%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.17, 60.10, -46.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.17, 75.96, 322.30°)
OKLab	oklab(47.65% 0.1551 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(47.65% 0.203 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5962, 9.0961, 34.5402)
Luminance	0.0910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B20A1 #36A120

analogous

#4A20A1 #8B20A1 #A12077

triadic

#8B20A1 #A18B20 #20A18B

tetradic

#8B20A1 #A14A20 #36A120 #2077A1

square

#8B20A1 #A14A20 #36A120 #2077A1

split-complementary

#8B20A1 #77A120 #20A14A

monochromatic

#330C3B #5F166E #8B20A1 #B72AD4 #C95DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#8B20A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#8B20A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B20A1

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B20A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B20A1	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D599E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B3C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b20a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.203 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b169bd',
    500: '#8b20a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b20a1;
$custom-light: #b169bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b20a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.767,
    "s": 66.839,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47652,
    "c": 0.20264,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B20A1

secondary

#6CC35A

accent

#EA3E5B

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B20A1

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

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