#8B21AE#8B21AE

#8B21AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.213 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B21AE
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 174)
HSL	hsl(285, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(285, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 81%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.18, 62.27, -52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.18, 81.53, 319.80°)
OKLab	oklab(48.65% 0.1522 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(48.65% 0.213 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8301, 9.6334, 40.9037)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B21AE #44AE21

analogous

#4421AE #8B21AE #AE218B

triadic

#8B21AE #AE8B21 #21AE8B

tetradic

#8B21AE #AE4421 #44AE21 #218BAE

square

#8B21AE #AE4421 #44AE21 #218BAE

split-complementary

#8B21AE #8BAE21 #21AE44

monochromatic

#390D47 #62177B #8B21AE #B034D8 #C467E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#8B21AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#8B21AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B21AE

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B21AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B21AE	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C5AAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884369

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b21ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.213 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bc7',
    500: '#8b21ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b21ae;
$custom-light: #b16bc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b21ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.106,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48647,
    "c": 0.21266,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B21AE

secondary

#7CC863

accent

#EB3D68

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B21AE

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

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