#8C27BC#8C27BC

#8C27BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.220 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C27BC
RGB	rgb(140, 39, 188)
HSL	hsl(281, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(281, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 79.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.00, 63.36, -57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.00, 85.87, 317.55°)
OKLab	oklab(50.28% 0.146 -0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(50.28% 0.22 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.6161, 10.6579, 48.5384)
Luminance	0.1066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C27BC #57BC27

analogous

#4127BC #8C27BC #BC27A2

triadic

#8C27BC #BC8C27 #27BC8C

tetradic

#8C27BC #BC4127 #57BC27 #27A2BC

square

#8C27BC #BC4127 #57BC27 #27A2BC

split-complementary

#8C27BC #A2BC27 #27BC41

monochromatic

#411257 #661C89 #8C27BC #AA47D9 #C17AE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#8C27BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#8C27BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C27BC

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C27BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C27BC	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#864C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c27bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 39, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.220 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36ed1',
    500: '#8c27bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c27bc;
$custom-light: #b36ed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c27bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.671,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50277,
    "c": 0.21974,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C27BC

secondary

#90CB73

accent

#E93F76

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120814

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C27BC

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

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