#8D21B1#8D21B1

#8D21B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.216 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D21B1
RGB	rgb(141, 33, 177)
HSL	hsl(285, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(285, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 81.4%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.71, 63.21, -53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.71, 82.83, 319.74°)
OKLab	oklab(49.15% 0.1541 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(49.15% 0.216 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4629, 9.9255, 42.4770)
Luminance	0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D21B1 #45B121

analogous

#4521B1 #8D21B1 #B1218D

triadic

#8D21B1 #B18D21 #21B18D

tetradic

#8D21B1 #B14521 #45B121 #218DB1

square

#8D21B1 #B14521 #45B121 #218DB1

split-complementary

#8D21B1 #8DB121 #21B145

monochromatic

#3B0E4A #64177D #8D21B1 #B136D9 #C569E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#8D21B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#8D21B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D21B1

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D21B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D21B1	1.00	7.04	2.99	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B5BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A446A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d21b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 33, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.216 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36bc9',
    500: '#8d21b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d21b1;
$custom-light: #b36bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d21b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49151,
    "c": 0.21587,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D21B1

secondary

#7EC965

accent

#EB3C68

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#120713

muted

#817A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D21B1

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

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