#8B27AE#8B27AE

#8B27AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.207 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B27AE
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 174)
HSL	hsl(284, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(284, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 77.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.84, 60.36, -51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.84, 79.38, 319.50°)
OKLab	oklab(49.11% 0.1473 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(49.11% 0.207 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0117, 9.9967, 40.9643)
Luminance	0.1000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B27AE #4AAE27

analogous

#4727AE #8B27AE #AE278E

triadic

#8B27AE #AE8B27 #27AE8B

tetradic

#8B27AE #AE4727 #4AAE27 #278EAE

square

#8B27AE #AE4727 #4AAE27 #278EAE

split-complementary

#8B27AE #8EAE27 #27AE47

monochromatic

#3B114A #631C7C #8B27AE #AD3ED4 #C270DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#8B27AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8B27AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B27AE

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B27AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B27AE	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#225CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88466A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b27ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.207 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16dc7',
    500: '#8b27ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b27ae;
$custom-light: #b16dc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b27ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.444,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49111,
    "c": 0.20706,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B27AE

secondary

#82C66B

accent

#E6416C

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B27AE

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

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