#8A277E#8A277E

#8A277E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.166 H 333.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A277E
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 126)
HSL	hsl(307, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(307, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 8.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.73, 51.39, -27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.73, 58.19, 332.04°)
OKLab	oklab(45.92% 0.1484 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(45.92% 0.166 333.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.9727, 8.3619, 20.5600)
Luminance	0.0836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A277E #278A33

analogous

#65278A #8A277E #8A274C

triadic

#8A277E #7E8A27 #277E8A

tetradic

#8A277E #8A6527 #278A33 #274C8A

square

#8A277E #8A6527 #278A33 #274C8A

split-complementary

#8A277E #4C8A27 #278A65

monochromatic

#2B0C27 #5A1A52 #8A277E #BA34AA #D15BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.86

#8A277E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#8A277E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A277E

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A277E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A277E	1.00	7.86	2.67	7.86
#FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#244980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47577C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90304F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a277e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.166 333.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6ba3',
    500: '#8a277e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a277e;
$custom-light: #af6ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a277e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.273,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45915,
    "c": 0.16617,
    "h": 333.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A277E

secondary

#57B663

accent

#DF5B49

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A277E

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

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