#8A279F#8A279F

#8A279F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.194 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A279F
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 159)
HSL	hsl(290, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(290, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 75.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.67, 57.25, -44.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.67, 72.48, 322.17°)
OKLab	oklab(47.93% 0.1481 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(47.93% 0.194 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4640, 9.3584, 33.6806)
Luminance	0.0936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A279F #3C9F27

analogous

#4E279F #8A279F #9F2778

triadic

#8A279F #9F8A27 #279F8A

tetradic

#8A279F #9F4E27 #3C9F27 #27789F

square

#8A279F #9F4E27 #3C9F27 #27789F

split-complementary

#8A279F #789F27 #279F4E

monochromatic

#350F3D #5F1B6E #8A279F #B336CE #C667DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#8A279F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#8A279F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A279F

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A279F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A279F	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#325A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A3F61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a279f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.194 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06cbc',
    500: '#8a279f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a279f;
$custom-light: #b06cbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a279f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47929,
    "c": 0.19358,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A279F

secondary

#73C062

accent

#E44460

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A279F

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

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