#8A27A9#8A27A9

#8A27A9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.202 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A27A9
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 169)
HSL	hsl(286, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(286, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 76.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.33, 59.18, -49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.33, 77.08, 320.15°)
OKLab	oklab(48.62% 0.1469 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(48.62% 0.202 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3671, 9.7196, 38.4370)
Luminance	0.0972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A27A9 #46A927

analogous

#4927A9 #8A27A9 #A92787

triadic

#8A27A9 #A98A27 #27A98A

tetradic

#8A27A9 #A94927 #46A927 #2787A9

square

#8A27A9 #A94927 #46A927 #2787A9

split-complementary

#8A27A9 #87A927 #27A949

monochromatic

#391046 #611C77 #8A27A9 #AE3BD2 #C36DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#8A27A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#8A27A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A27A9

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A27A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A27A9	1.00	7.13	2.94	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#275BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a27a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.202 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06cc3',
    500: '#8a27a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a27a9;
$custom-light: #b06cc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a27a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.692,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48616,
    "c": 0.20231,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A27A9

secondary

#7EC468

accent

#E64269

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A27A9

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

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