#8B20B4#8B20B4

#8B20B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.219 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B20B4
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 180)
HSL	hsl(283, 70%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(283, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 82.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.51, 63.73, -55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.51, 84.61, 318.87°)
OKLab	oklab(49.02% 0.1516 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(49.02% 0.219 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4008, 9.8180, 44.0443)
Luminance	0.0982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B20B4 #49B420

analogous

#4120B4 #8B20B4 #B42093

triadic

#8B20B4 #B48B20 #20B48B

tetradic

#8B20B4 #B44120 #49B420 #2093B4

square

#8B20B4 #B44120 #49B420 #2093B4

split-complementary

#8B20B4 #93B420 #20B441

monochromatic

#3B0E4C #631780 #8B20B4 #AD36DB #C36AE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#8B20B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#8B20B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B20B4

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B20B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B20B4	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B5BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87466C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b20b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.219 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26acb',
    500: '#8b20b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b20b4;
$custom-light: #b26acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b20b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.378,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49021,
    "c": 0.21859,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B20B4

secondary

#81CA66

accent

#ED3B6C

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B20B4

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

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