#8C279B#8C279B

#8C279B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.191 H 322.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C279B
RGB	rgb(140, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(292, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(292, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.73, 56.92, -41.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.73, 70.69, 323.63°)
OKLab	oklab(47.96% 0.1508 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(47.96% 0.191 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4565, 9.3940, 31.8977)
Luminance	0.0939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C279B #369B27

analogous

#52279B #8C279B #9B2770

triadic

#8C279B #9B8C27 #279B8C

tetradic

#8C279B #9B5227 #369B27 #27709B

square

#8C279B #9B5227 #369B27 #27709B

split-complementary

#8C279B #709B27 #279B52

monochromatic

#340E39 #601B6A #8C279B #B833CC #C964D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#8C279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#8C279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C279B

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C279B	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#385A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.191 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16cb9',
    500: '#8c279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c279b;
$custom-light: #b16cb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.241,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47958,
    "c": 0.19098,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C279B

secondary

#6CBE60

accent

#E34559

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C279B

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

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