#8A27A7#8A27A7

#8A27A7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.201 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A27A7
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 167)
HSL	hsl(286, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(286, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 76.6%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.20, 58.79, -48.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.20, 76.16, 320.53°)
OKLab	oklab(48.48% 0.1471 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(48.48% 0.201 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1808, 9.6451, 37.4557)
Luminance	0.0964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A27A7 #44A727

analogous

#4A27A7 #8A27A7 #A72784

triadic

#8A27A7 #A78A27 #27A78A

tetradic

#8A27A7 #A74A27 #44A727 #2784A7

square

#8A27A7 #A74A27 #44A727 #2784A7

split-complementary

#8A27A7 #84A727 #27A74A

monochromatic

#381044 #611B75 #8A27A7 #AF3AD1 #C36CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#8A27A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#8A27A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A27A7

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A27A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A27A7	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A5AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a27a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.201 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06cc2',
    500: '#8a27a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a27a7;
$custom-light: #b06cc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a27a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.406,
    "s": 62.136,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48476,
    "c": 0.20055,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A27A7

secondary

#7CC367

accent

#E54367

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A27A7

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

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