#8A27A1#8A27A1

#8A27A1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.195 H 319.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A27A1
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 161)
HSL	hsl(289, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(289, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 75.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.80, 57.63, -45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.80, 73.40, 321.74°)
OKLab	oklab(48.06% 0.1479 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(48.06% 0.195 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6389, 9.4284, 34.6021)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A27A1 #3EA127

analogous

#4D27A1 #8A27A1 #A1277B

triadic

#8A27A1 #A18A27 #27A18A

tetradic

#8A27A1 #A14D27 #3EA127 #277BA1

square

#8A27A1 #A14D27 #3EA127 #277BA1

split-complementary

#8A27A1 #7BA127 #27A14D

monochromatic

#360F3E #601B70 #8A27A1 #B237CE #C568DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#8A27A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#8A27A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A27A1

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A27A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A27A1	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#305A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4063

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a27a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.195 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06cbd',
    500: '#8a27a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a27a1;
$custom-light: #b06cbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a27a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.689,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48064,
    "c": 0.19531,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A27A1

secondary

#75C063

accent

#E44462

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A27A1

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

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