#8A278E#8A278E

#8A278E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.179 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A278E
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 142)
HSL	hsl(298, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(298, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 72.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.61, 54.12, -35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.61, 64.88, 326.53°)
OKLab	oklab(46.84% 0.149 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(46.84% 0.179 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.0889, 8.8084, 26.4387)
Luminance	0.0881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A278E #2B8E27

analogous

#56278E #8A278E #8E275E

triadic

#8A278E #8E8A27 #278E8A

tetradic

#8A278E #8E5627 #2B8E27 #275E8E

square

#8A278E #8E5627 #2B8E27 #275E8E

split-complementary

#8A278E #5E8E27 #278E56

monochromatic

#2D0D2E #5B1A5E #8A278E #B934BE #CE5DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#8A278E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#8A278E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A278E

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A278E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A278E	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F4C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F588B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a278e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.179 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6baf',
    500: '#8a278e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a278e;
$custom-light: #af6baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a278e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.67,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46841,
    "c": 0.17909,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A278E

secondary

#5DB859

accent

#E0484E

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A278E

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

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