#8B21C2#8B21C2

#8B21C2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.230 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B21C2
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 194)
HSL	hsl(280, 71%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(280, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 83%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.68, 66.24, -62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.68, 90.74, 316.89°)
OKLab	oklab(50.17% 0.1476 -0.1761)
OKLCH	oklch(50.17% 0.23 310)
XYZ	xyz(20.9270, 10.4722, 51.9474)
Luminance	0.1047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B21C2 #58C221

analogous

#3B21C2 #8B21C2 #C221A9

triadic

#8B21C2 #C28B21 #21C28B

tetradic

#8B21C2 #C23B21 #58C221 #21A9C2

square

#8B21C2 #C23B21 #58C221 #21A9C2

split-complementary

#8B21C2 #A9C221 #21C23B

monochromatic

#400F59 #66188E #8B21C2 #A941DF #C176E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.79

#8B21C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#8B21C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B21C2

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B21C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B21C2	1.00	6.79	3.09	6.79
#FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#834D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b21c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.230 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36cd5',
    500: '#8b21c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b21c2;
$custom-light: #b36cd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b21c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.503,
    "s": 70.925,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50165,
    "c": 0.22979,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.10472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B21C2

secondary

#90CF70

accent

#EE3A77

background

#FBF6FD

surface

#F6ECFA

border

#D0C7D3

text

#120814

muted

#817A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B21C2

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

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