#8A277C#8A277C

#8A277C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.165 H 334.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A277C
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 124)
HSL	hsl(308, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(308, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 10.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.62, 51.07, -26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.62, 57.40, 332.84°)
OKLab	oklab(45.81% 0.1482 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(45.81% 0.165 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.8450, 8.3108, 19.8872)
Luminance	0.0831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A277C #278A35

analogous

#67278A #8A277C #8A274B

triadic

#8A277C #7C8A27 #277C8A

tetradic

#8A277C #8A6727 #278A35 #274B8A

square

#8A277C #8A6727 #278A35 #274B8A

split-complementary

#8A277C #4B8A27 #278A67

monochromatic

#2B0C26 #5A1A51 #8A277C #BA34A7 #D15BC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#8A277C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#8A277C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A277C

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A277C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A277C	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25487E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48577A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a277c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.165 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6ba2',
    500: '#8a277c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a277c;
$custom-light: #af6ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a277c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.485,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45807,
    "c": 0.16463,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A277C

secondary

#57B665

accent

#DF5E49

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF3

border

#D0C7CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A277C

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

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