#8A278B#8A278B

#8A278B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.177 H 327.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A278B
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 139)
HSL	hsl(299, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(299, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 71.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.44, 53.59, -34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.44, 63.58, 327.44°)
OKLab	oklab(46.66% 0.149 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(46.66% 0.177 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8667, 8.7195, 25.2684)
Luminance	0.0872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A278B #288B27

analogous

#58278B #8A278B #8B275A

triadic

#8A278B #8B8A27 #278B8A

tetradic

#8A278B #8B5827 #288B27 #275A8B

square

#8A278B #8B5827 #288B27 #275A8B

split-complementary

#8A278B #5A8B27 #278B58

monochromatic

#2B0C2B #5B1A5B #8A278B #B934BB #D05BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.65

#8A278B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#8A278B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A278B

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A278B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A278B	1.00	7.65	2.74	7.65
#FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#144B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#405888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a278b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.177 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6bad',
    500: '#8a278b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a278b;
$custom-light: #af6bad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a278b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.4,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46659,
    "c": 0.1766,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A278B

secondary

#59B658

accent

#DF484A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A278B

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

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