#8B20B2#8B20B2

#8B20B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.217 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B20B2
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 178)
HSL	hsl(284, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(284, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 82%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.37, 63.34, -54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.37, 83.69, 319.19°)
OKLab	oklab(48.87% 0.1521 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(48.87% 0.217 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.1985, 9.7370, 42.9790)
Luminance	0.0974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B20B2 #47B220

analogous

#4220B2 #8B20B2 #B22090

triadic

#8B20B2 #B28B20 #20B28B

tetradic

#8B20B2 #B24220 #47B220 #2090B2

square

#8B20B2 #B24220 #47B220 #2090B2

split-complementary

#8B20B2 #90B220 #20B242

monochromatic

#3A0D4A #62177E #8B20B2 #AE35DB #C368E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#8B20B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#8B20B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B20B2

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B20B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B20B2	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#115AAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87456B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b20b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.217 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26aca',
    500: '#8b20b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b20b2;
$custom-light: #b26aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b20b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.973,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48872,
    "c": 0.21691,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B20B2

secondary

#7FCA64

accent

#EC3B6B

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B20B2

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

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