#8A278C#8A278C

#8A278C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.177 H 327.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A278C
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 140)
HSL	hsl(299, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(299, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 72.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.50, 53.77, -34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.50, 64.01, 327.13°)
OKLab	oklab(46.72% 0.149 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(46.72% 0.177 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.9401, 8.7489, 25.6550)
Luminance	0.0875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A278C #298C27

analogous

#58278C #8A278C #8C275B

triadic

#8A278C #8C8A27 #278C8A

tetradic

#8A278C #8C5827 #298C27 #275B8C

square

#8A278C #8C5827 #298C27 #275B8C

split-complementary

#8A278C #5B8C27 #278C58

monochromatic

#2C0C2C #5B1A5C #8A278C #B934BC #CF5CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#8A278C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#8A278C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A278C

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A278C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A278C	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#134B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#405889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a278c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.177 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6bae',
    500: '#8a278c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a278c;
$custom-light: #af6bae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a278c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.812,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46719,
    "c": 0.17743,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A278C

secondary

#5AB758

accent

#E0484B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A278C

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

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