#8D279E#8D279E

#8D279E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.194 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D279E
RGB	rgb(141, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(291, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(291, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.08, 57.69, -43.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.08, 72.04, 323.20°)
OKLab	oklab(48.3% 0.1518 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(48.3% 0.194 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8809, 9.5834, 33.2491)
Luminance	0.0958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D279E #389E27

analogous

#51279E #8D279E #9E2773

triadic

#8D279E #9E8D27 #279E8D

tetradic

#8D279E #9E5127 #389E27 #27739E

square

#8D279E #9E5127 #389E27 #27739E

split-complementary

#8D279E #739E27 #279E51

monochromatic

#350F3C #611B6D #8D279E #B735CD #C966D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#8D279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#8D279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D279E

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D279E	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3E61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.194 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26cbb',
    500: '#8d279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d279e;
$custom-light: #b26cbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48301,
    "c": 0.19396,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D279E

secondary

#6FBF62

accent

#E4445B

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D279E

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

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