#8A27AC#8A27AC

#8A27AC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.205 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A27AC
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 172)
HSL	hsl(285, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(285, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 77.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.54, 59.77, -50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.54, 78.48, 319.61°)
OKLab	oklab(48.83% 0.1464 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(48.83% 0.205 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6520, 9.8336, 39.9373)
Luminance	0.0983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A27AC #49AC27

analogous

#4827AC #8A27AC #AC278C

triadic

#8A27AC #AC8A27 #27AC8A

tetradic

#8A27AC #AC4827 #49AC27 #278CAC

square

#8A27AC #AC4827 #49AC27 #278CAC

split-complementary

#8A27AC #8CAC27 #27AC48

monochromatic

#3A1048 #621C7A #8A27AC #AD3DD3 #C26FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#8A27AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#8A27AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A27AC

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A27AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A27AC	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#235BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#874569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a27ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.205 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06dc5',
    500: '#8a27ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a27ac;
$custom-light: #b06dc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a27ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.662,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48828,
    "c": 0.20495,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A27AC

secondary

#81C56A

accent

#E6426C

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A27AC

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

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