#8C27BE#8C27BE

#8C27BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.222 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C27BE
RGB	rgb(140, 39, 190)
HSL	hsl(280, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(280, 79%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 79.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.15, 63.77, -58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.15, 86.80, 317.28°)
OKLab	oklab(50.43% 0.1456 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(50.43% 0.222 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8332, 10.7447, 49.6817)
Luminance	0.1074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C27BE #59BE27

analogous

#4027BE #8C27BE #BE27A5

triadic

#8C27BE #BE8C27 #27BE8C

tetradic

#8C27BE #BE4027 #59BE27 #27A5BE

square

#8C27BE #BE4027 #59BE27 #27A5BE

split-complementary

#8C27BE #A5BE27 #27BE40

monochromatic

#411258 #671D8B #8C27BE #AA49DA #C17BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#8C27BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#8C27BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C27BE

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C27BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C27BE	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#854D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c27be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 39, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.222 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36ed2',
    500: '#8c27be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c27be;
$custom-light: #b36ed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c27be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.132,
    "s": 65.939,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50428,
    "c": 0.22152,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C27BE

secondary

#92CC75

accent

#E93F77

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120814

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C27BE

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

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