#8D27A0#8D27A0

#8D27A0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.196 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D27A0
RGB	rgb(141, 39, 160)
HSL	hsl(291, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(291, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 75.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.21, 58.06, -44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.21, 72.94, 322.74°)
OKLab	oklab(48.43% 0.1516 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(48.43% 0.196 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0544, 9.6528, 34.1631)
Luminance	0.0965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D27A0 #3AA027

analogous

#5127A0 #8D27A0 #A02777

triadic

#8D27A0 #A08D27 #27A08D

tetradic

#8D27A0 #A05127 #3AA027 #2777A0

square

#8D27A0 #A05127 #3AA027 #2777A0

split-complementary

#8D27A0 #77A027 #27A051

monochromatic

#360F3E #621B6F #8D27A0 #B636CE #C867DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#8D27A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#8D27A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D27A0

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D27A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D27A0	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d27a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 39, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.196 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26cbd',
    500: '#8d27a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d27a0;
$custom-light: #b26cbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d27a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.579,
    "s": 60.804,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48433,
    "c": 0.19568,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D27A0

secondary

#71C063

accent

#E4445D

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D27A0

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

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