#8D27A9#8D27A9

#8D27A9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.203 H 317.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D27A9
RGB	rgb(141, 39, 169)
HSL	hsl(287, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(287, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 76.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.81, 59.77, -48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.81, 77.04, 320.88°)
OKLab	oklab(49.04% 0.1506 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(49.04% 0.203 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8704, 9.9792, 38.4606)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D27A9 #43A927

analogous

#4C27A9 #8D27A9 #A92784

triadic

#8D27A9 #A98D27 #27A98D

tetradic

#8D27A9 #A94C27 #43A927 #2784A9

square

#8D27A9 #A94C27 #43A927 #2784A9

split-complementary

#8D27A9 #84A927 #27A94C

monochromatic

#3A1046 #641C77 #8D27A9 #B13BD2 #C56DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#8D27A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8D27A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D27A9

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D27A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D27A9	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C5CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4367

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d27a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 39, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.203 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26dc3',
    500: '#8d27a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d27a9;
$custom-light: #b26dc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d27a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.077,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49043,
    "c": 0.20341,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D27A9

secondary

#7CC468

accent

#E64265

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D27A9

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

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