#8B27D5#8B27D5

#8B27D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.242 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B27D5
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 213)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 81.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.81, 68.43, -69.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.81, 97.58, 314.53°)
OKLab	oklab(52.12% 0.1383 -0.1984)
OKLCH	oklch(52.12% 0.242 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3805, 11.7442, 63.9730)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B27D5 #71D527

analogous

#3427D5 #8B27D5 #D527C8

triadic

#8B27D5 #D58B27 #27D58B

tetradic

#8B27D5 #D53427 #71D527 #27C8D5

square

#8B27D5 #D53427 #71D527 #27C8D5

split-complementary

#8B27D5 #C8D527 #27D534

monochromatic

#47146E #691EA1 #8B27D5 #A759E1 #C28CEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#8B27D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8B27D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B27D5

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B27D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B27D5	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D5880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b27d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.242 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46fe3',
    500: '#8b27d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b27d5;
$custom-light: #b46fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b27d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.483,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52115,
    "c": 0.24182,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B27D5

secondary

#A6D484

accent

#EC3C87

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EDFC

border

#D0C8D5

text

#120816

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B27D5

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

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