#8A277D#8A277D

#8A277D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.165 H 333.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A277D
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 125)
HSL	hsl(308, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(308, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 9.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.67, 51.23, -26.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.67, 57.79, 332.44°)
OKLab	oklab(45.86% 0.1483 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(45.86% 0.165 333.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.9085, 8.3362, 20.2219)
Luminance	0.0833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A277D #278A34

analogous

#66278A #8A277D #8A274B

triadic

#8A277D #7D8A27 #277D8A

tetradic

#8A277D #8A6627 #278A34 #274B8A

square

#8A277D #8A6627 #278A34 #274B8A

split-complementary

#8A277D #4B8A27 #278A66

monochromatic

#2B0C27 #5A1A52 #8A277D #BA34A8 #D15BC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#8A277D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#8A277D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A277D

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A277D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A277D	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24487F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48577B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90304F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a277d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.165 333.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6ba3',
    500: '#8a277d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a277d;
$custom-light: #af6ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a277d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.879,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45861,
    "c": 0.16539,
    "h": 333.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A277D

secondary

#57B664

accent

#DF5C49

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF3

border

#D0C7CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A277D

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

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