#8A279B#8A279B

#8A279B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.190 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A279B
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(291, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(291, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.41, 56.49, -42.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.41, 70.66, 323.08°)
OKLab	oklab(47.66% 0.1484 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(47.66% 0.19 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1225, 9.2218, 31.8821)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A279B #389B27

analogous

#50279B #8A279B #9B2772

triadic

#8A279B #9B8A27 #279B8A

tetradic

#8A279B #9B5027 #389B27 #27729B

square

#8A279B #9B5027 #389B27 #27729B

split-complementary

#8A279B #729B27 #279B50

monochromatic

#330E39 #5E1B6A #8A279B #B533CC #C764D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#8A279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8A279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A279B

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A279B	1.00	7.38	2.84	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B3D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.190 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06cb9',
    500: '#8a279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a279b;
$custom-light: #b06cb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.207,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47664,
    "c": 0.19012,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A279B

secondary

#6EBE60

accent

#E3455C

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A279B

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

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