#8A27A3#8A27A3

#8A27A3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.197 H 318.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A27A3
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 163)
HSL	hsl(288, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(288, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 76.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.93, 58.01, -46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.93, 74.31, 321.32°)
OKLab	oklab(48.2% 0.1476 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(48.2% 0.197 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8167, 9.4995, 35.5383)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A27A3 #40A327

analogous

#4C27A3 #8A27A3 #A3277E

triadic

#8A27A3 #A38A27 #27A38A

tetradic

#8A27A3 #A34C27 #40A327 #277EA3

square

#8A27A3 #A34C27 #40A327 #277EA3

split-complementary

#8A27A3 #7EA327 #27A34C

monochromatic

#360F40 #601B72 #8A27A3 #B138CF #C469DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#8A27A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#8A27A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A27A3

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A27A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A27A3	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E5AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a27a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.197 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06cbf',
    500: '#8a27a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a27a3;
$custom-light: #b06cbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a27a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.903,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.482,
    "c": 0.19705,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A27A3

secondary

#77C164

accent

#E44364

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A27A3

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

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