#8A27B0#8A27B0

#8A27B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.208 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A27B0
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 176)
HSL	hsl(283, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(283, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 77.8%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.82, 60.57, -52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.82, 80.34, 318.93°)
OKLab	oklab(49.12% 0.1457 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(49.12% 0.208 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.0419, 9.9896, 41.9910)
Luminance	0.0999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A27B0 #4DB027

analogous

#4627B0 #8A27B0 #B02791

triadic

#8A27B0 #B08A27 #27B08A

tetradic

#8A27B0 #B04627 #4DB027 #2791B0

square

#8A27B0 #B04627 #4DB027 #2791B0

split-complementary

#8A27B0 #91B027 #27B046

monochromatic

#3B114C #631C7E #8A27B0 #AB40D5 #C172E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#8A27B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8A27B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A27B0

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A27B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A27B0	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C5BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86476B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a27b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.208 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16dc8',
    500: '#8a27b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a27b0;
$custom-light: #b16dc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a27b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.358,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49116,
    "c": 0.20848,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A27B0

secondary

#85C76C

accent

#E7416F

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A27B0

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

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