#8B27A4#8B27A4

#8B27A4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.198 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B27A4
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 164)
HSL	hsl(288, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(288, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 76.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.15, 58.41, -46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.15, 74.77, 321.37°)
OKLab	oklab(48.41% 0.1488 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(48.41% 0.198 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0729, 9.6212, 36.0199)
Luminance	0.0962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B27A4 #40A427

analogous

#4D27A4 #8B27A4 #A4277F

triadic

#8B27A4 #A48B27 #27A48B

tetradic

#8B27A4 #A44D27 #40A427 #277FA4

square

#8B27A4 #A44D27 #40A427 #277FA4

split-complementary

#8B27A4 #7FA427 #27A44D

monochromatic

#370F41 #611B73 #8B27A4 #B238D0 #C56ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#8B27A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#8B27A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B27A4

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B27A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B27A4	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E5BA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b27a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.198 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16cc0',
    500: '#8b27a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b27a4;
$custom-light: #b16cc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b27a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48412,
    "c": 0.19832,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B27A4

secondary

#78C265

accent

#E54363

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B27A4

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

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