#8A278D#8A278D

#8A278D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.178 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A278D
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 141)
HSL	hsl(298, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(298, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 72.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.55, 53.94, -35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.55, 64.45, 326.83°)
OKLab	oklab(46.78% 0.149 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(46.78% 0.178 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.0142, 8.7785, 26.0451)
Luminance	0.0878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A278D #2A8D27

analogous

#57278D #8A278D #8D275D

triadic

#8A278D #8D8A27 #278D8A

tetradic

#8A278D #8D5727 #2A8D27 #275D8D

square

#8A278D #8D5727 #2A8D27 #275D8D

split-complementary

#8A278D #5D8D27 #278D57

monochromatic

#2C0C2D #5B1A5D #8A278D #B934BD #CF5CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62

#8A278D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#8A278D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A278D

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A278D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A278D	1.00	7.62	2.76	7.62
#FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#114C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F588A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a278d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.178 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6baf',
    500: '#8a278d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a278d;
$custom-light: #af6baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a278d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.235,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4678,
    "c": 0.17826,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A278D

secondary

#5BB759

accent

#E0484C

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A278D

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

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