#8A279C#8A279C

#8A279C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.191 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A279C
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 156)
HSL	hsl(291, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(291, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 75%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.47, 56.68, -42.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.47, 71.12, 322.84°)
OKLab	oklab(47.73% 0.1483 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(47.73% 0.191 321)
XYZ	xyz(17.2068, 9.2555, 32.3262)
Luminance	0.0925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A279C #399C27

analogous

#4F279C #8A279C #9C2773

triadic

#8A279C #9C8A27 #279C8A

tetradic

#8A279C #9C4F27 #399C27 #27739C

square

#8A279C #9C4F27 #399C27 #27739C

split-complementary

#8A279C #739C27 #279C4F

monochromatic

#330F3A #5F1B6B #8A279C #B534CC #C765D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#8A279C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8A279C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A279C

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A279C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A279C	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B3E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a279c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.191 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06cba',
    500: '#8a279c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a279c;
$custom-light: #b06cba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a279c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47729,
    "c": 0.19098,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.09255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A279C

secondary

#6FBE61

accent

#E3455D

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A279C

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

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