#8A27A4#8A27A4

#8A27A4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.198 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A27A4
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 164)
HSL	hsl(288, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(288, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 76.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.00, 58.21, -46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.00, 74.78, 321.12°)
OKLab	oklab(48.27% 0.1475 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(48.27% 0.198 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9067, 9.5355, 36.0121)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A27A4 #41A427

analogous

#4C27A4 #8A27A4 #A42780

triadic

#8A27A4 #A48A27 #27A48A

tetradic

#8A27A4 #A44C27 #41A427 #2780A4

square

#8A27A4 #A44C27 #41A427 #2780A4

split-complementary

#8A27A4 #80A427 #27A44C

monochromatic

#370F41 #601B73 #8A27A4 #B038D0 #C46ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#8A27A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#8A27A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A27A4

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A27A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A27A4	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D5AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a27a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.198 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06cc0',
    500: '#8a27a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a27a4;
$custom-light: #b06cc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a27a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.52,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48268,
    "c": 0.19793,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A27A4

secondary

#78C265

accent

#E54365

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A27A4

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

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