#8C21AE#8C21AE

#8C21AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.213 H 316.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C21AE
RGB	rgb(140, 33, 174)
HSL	hsl(286, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(286, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 81%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.34, 62.45, -52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.34, 81.50, 320.02°)
OKLab	oklab(48.79% 0.1534 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(48.79% 0.213 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.9979, 9.7199, 40.9116)
Luminance	0.0972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C21AE #43AE21

analogous

#4521AE #8C21AE #AE2189

triadic

#8C21AE #AE8C21 #21AE8C

tetradic

#8C21AE #AE4521 #43AE21 #2189AE

square

#8C21AE #AE4521 #43AE21 #2189AE

split-complementary

#8C21AE #89AE21 #21AE45

monochromatic

#390D47 #63177B #8C21AE #B134D8 #C567E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#8C21AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#8C21AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C21AE

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C21AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C21AE	1.00	7.13	2.94	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E5BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4369

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c21ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 33, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.213 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26bc7',
    500: '#8c21ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c21ae;
$custom-light: #b26bc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c21ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.532,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4879,
    "c": 0.213,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C21AE

secondary

#7BC863

accent

#EB3D67

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C21AE

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

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