#8D21B3#8D21B3

#8D21B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.218 H 314.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D21B3
RGB	rgb(141, 33, 179)
HSL	hsl(284, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(284, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 81.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.85, 63.59, -54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.85, 83.75, 319.41°)
OKLab	oklab(49.3% 0.1537 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(49.3% 0.218 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6637, 10.0058, 43.5346)
Luminance	0.1001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D21B3 #47B321

analogous

#4421B3 #8D21B3 #B32190

triadic

#8D21B3 #B38D21 #21B38D

tetradic

#8D21B3 #B34421 #47B321 #2190B3

square

#8D21B3 #B34421 #47B321 #2190B3

split-complementary

#8D21B3 #90B321 #21B344

monochromatic

#3C0E4C #64177F #8D21B3 #B037DA #C46BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#8D21B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8D21B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D21B3

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D21B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D21B3	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#165CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A456C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d21b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 33, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.218 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36bcb',
    500: '#8d21b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d21b3;
$custom-light: #b36bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d21b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.384,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49298,
    "c": 0.21756,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D21B3

secondary

#80CA66

accent

#EC3C6A

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#120713

muted

#817A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D21B3

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

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