#8B20A5#8B20A5

#8B20A5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.206 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B20A5
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 165)
HSL	hsl(288, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(288, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 80.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.44, 60.85, -48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.44, 77.77, 321.49°)
OKLab	oklab(47.93% 0.1545 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(47.93% 0.206 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9546, 9.2395, 36.4277)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B20A5 #3AA520

analogous

#4820A5 #8B20A5 #A5207C

triadic

#8B20A5 #A58B20 #20A58B

tetradic

#8B20A5 #A54820 #3AA520 #207CA5

square

#8B20A5 #A54820 #3AA520 #207CA5

split-complementary

#8B20A5 #7CA520 #20A548

monochromatic

#350C3E #601672 #8B20A5 #B52CD6 #C75FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#8B20A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8B20A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B20A5

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B20A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B20A5	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2859A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A3E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b20a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.206 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16ac0',
    500: '#8b20a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b20a5;
$custom-light: #b16ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b20a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.271,
    "s": 67.513,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4793,
    "c": 0.20597,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B20A5

secondary

#71C55C

accent

#EA3D5F

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B20A5

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

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