#8A279D#8A279D

#8A279D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.192 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A279D
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 157)
HSL	hsl(290, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(290, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 75.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.54, 56.87, -43.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.54, 71.57, 322.61°)
OKLab	oklab(47.8% 0.1483 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(47.8% 0.192 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2918, 9.2895, 32.7740)
Luminance	0.0929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A279D #3A9D27

analogous

#4F279D #8A279D #9D2775

triadic

#8A279D #9D8A27 #279D8A

tetradic

#8A279D #9D4F27 #3A9D27 #27759D

square

#8A279D #9D4F27 #3A9D27 #27759D

split-complementary

#8A279D #759D27 #279D4F

monochromatic

#340F3B #5F1B6C #8A279D #B435CD #C666D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#8A279D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#8A279D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A279D

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A279D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A279D	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34599A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B3E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a279d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.192 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06cba',
    500: '#8a279d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a279d;
$custom-light: #b06cba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a279d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.339,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47796,
    "c": 0.19184,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A279D

secondary

#70BF61

accent

#E3445E

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A279D

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

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