#8A27D4#8A27D4

#8A27D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.241 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A27D4
RGB	rgb(138, 39, 212)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 81.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.59, 68.07, -69.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.59, 97.18, 314.46°)
OKLab	oklab(51.91% 0.1372 -0.1978)
OKLCH	oklch(51.91% 0.241 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0877, 11.6079, 63.2988)
Luminance	0.1161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A27D4 #71D427

analogous

#3327D4 #8A27D4 #D427C8

triadic

#8A27D4 #D48A27 #27D48A

tetradic

#8A27D4 #D43327 #71D427 #27C8D4

square

#8A27D4 #D43327 #71D427 #27C8D4

split-complementary

#8A27D4 #C8D427 #27D433

monochromatic

#47146D #681DA0 #8A27D4 #A658E0 #C28CEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#8A27D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#8A27D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A27D4

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A27D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A27D4	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C5780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a27d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 39, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.241 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36fe2',
    500: '#8a27d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a27d4;
$custom-light: #b36fe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a27d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.335,
    "s": 68.924,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51908,
    "c": 0.24072,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A27D4

secondary

#A6D483

accent

#EC3C87

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EDFC

border

#D0C8D5

text

#120816

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A27D4

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

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