#8A27B5#8A27B5

#8A27B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.213 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A27B5
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 181)
HSL	hsl(282, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(282, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 78.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.18, 61.58, -55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.18, 82.67, 318.15°)
OKLab	oklab(49.48% 0.1448 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(49.48% 0.213 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.5457, 10.1911, 44.6446)
Luminance	0.1019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A27B5 #52B527

analogous

#4327B5 #8A27B5 #B52799

triadic

#8A27B5 #B58A27 #27B58A

tetradic

#8A27B5 #B54327 #52B527 #2799B5

square

#8A27B5 #B54327 #52B527 #2799B5

split-complementary

#8A27B5 #99B527 #27B543

monochromatic

#3D1150 #641C83 #8A27B5 #AA43D6 #C175E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.91

#8A27B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#8A27B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A27B5

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A27B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A27B5	1.00	6.91	3.04	6.91
#FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#115CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85496E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a27b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.213 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16dcc',
    500: '#8a27b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a27b5;
$custom-light: #b16dcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a27b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.831,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49482,
    "c": 0.21293,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A27B5

secondary

#8AC96F

accent

#E84073

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A27B5

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

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