#8B21B2#8B21B2

#8B21B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.216 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B21B2
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 178)
HSL	hsl(284, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(284, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 81.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.47, 63.05, -54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.47, 83.37, 319.14°)
OKLab	oklab(48.94% 0.1514 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(48.94% 0.216 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.2258, 9.7917, 42.9881)
Luminance	0.0979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B21B2 #48B221

analogous

#4321B2 #8B21B2 #B22191

triadic

#8B21B2 #B28B21 #21B28B

tetradic

#8B21B2 #B24321 #48B221 #2191B2

square

#8B21B2 #B24321 #48B221 #2191B2

split-complementary

#8B21B2 #91B221 #21B243

monochromatic

#3A0E4B #63177E #8B21B2 #AE36DA #C36AE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#8B21B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#8B21B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B21B2

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B21B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B21B2	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#135BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87456B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b21b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.216 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26bca',
    500: '#8b21b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b21b2;
$custom-light: #b26bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b21b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.862,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48941,
    "c": 0.21607,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B21B2

secondary

#80C966

accent

#EC3C6B

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B21B2

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

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