#8A279E#8A279E

#8A279E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.193 H 320.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A279E
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(290, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(290, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.60, 57.06, -43.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.60, 72.03, 322.39°)
OKLab	oklab(47.86% 0.1482 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(47.86% 0.193 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3776, 9.3238, 33.2255)
Luminance	0.0932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A279E #3B9E27

analogous

#4E279E #8A279E #9E2776

triadic

#8A279E #9E8A27 #279E8A

tetradic

#8A279E #9E4E27 #3B9E27 #27769E

square

#8A279E #9E4E27 #3B9E27 #27769E

split-complementary

#8A279E #769E27 #279E4E

monochromatic

#340F3C #5F1B6D #8A279E #B435CD #C666D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#8A279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#8A279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A279E

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A279E	1.00	7.33	2.86	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#33599B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B3F61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.193 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06cbb',
    500: '#8a279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a279e;
$custom-light: #b06cbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.916,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47862,
    "c": 0.1927,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A279E

secondary

#71BF62

accent

#E4445F

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A279E

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

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