#8A277B#8A277B

#8A277B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.164 H 334.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A277B
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 123)
HSL	hsl(309, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(309, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 10.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.57, 50.91, -25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.57, 57.01, 333.26°)
OKLab	oklab(45.75% 0.1481 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(45.75% 0.164 334.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.7820, 8.2856, 19.5558)
Luminance	0.0828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A277B #278A36

analogous

#68278A #8A277B #8A274A

triadic

#8A277B #7B8A27 #277B8A

tetradic

#8A277B #8A6827 #278A36 #274A8A

square

#8A277B #8A6827 #278A36 #274A8A

split-complementary

#8A277B #4A8A27 #278A68

monochromatic

#2B0C26 #5A1A50 #8A277B #BA34A6 #D15BBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#8A277B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#8A277B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A277B

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A277B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A277B	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26487D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#485779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a277b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.164 334.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6ba1',
    500: '#8a277b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a277b;
$custom-light: #af6ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a277b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.091,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45753,
    "c": 0.16386,
    "h": 334.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A277B

secondary

#57B665

accent

#DF5F49

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6ECF2

border

#D0C7CC

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A277B

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

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