#8A27A6#8A27A6

#8A27A6 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.200 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A27A6
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 166)
HSL	hsl(287, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(287, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 76.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.13, 58.59, -47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.13, 75.70, 320.72°)
OKLab	oklab(48.41% 0.1473 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(48.41% 0.2 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0887, 9.6083, 36.9708)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A27A6 #43A627

analogous

#4B27A6 #8A27A6 #A62782

triadic

#8A27A6 #A68A27 #27A68A

tetradic

#8A27A6 #A64B27 #43A627 #2782A6

square

#8A27A6 #A64B27 #43A627 #2782A6

split-complementary

#8A27A6 #82A627 #27A64B

monochromatic

#381043 #611B74 #8A27A6 #AF3AD1 #C36BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#8A27A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#8A27A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A27A6

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A27A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A27A6	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B5AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a27a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.200 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06cc1',
    500: '#8a27a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a27a6;
$custom-light: #b06cc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a27a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.772,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48406,
    "c": 0.19967,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A27A6

secondary

#7BC366

accent

#E54367

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A27A6

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

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