#8D27B3#8D27B3

#8D27B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.212 H 314.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D27B3
RGB	rgb(141, 39, 179)
HSL	hsl(284, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(284, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 78.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.50, 61.73, -53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.50, 81.65, 319.11°)
OKLab	oklab(49.75% 0.149 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(49.75% 0.212 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8453, 10.3691, 43.5952)
Luminance	0.1037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D27B3 #4DB327

analogous

#4727B3 #8D27B3 #B32793

triadic

#8D27B3 #B38D27 #27B38D

tetradic

#8D27B3 #B34727 #4DB327 #2793B3

square

#8D27B3 #B34727 #4DB327 #2793B3

split-complementary

#8D27B3 #93B327 #27B347

monochromatic

#3E114E #651C81 #8D27B3 #AD41D6 #C374E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#8D27B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#8D27B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D27B3

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D27B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D27B3	1.00	6.83	3.07	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D5DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A486D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d27b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 39, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.212 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36dcb',
    500: '#8d27b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d27b3;
$custom-light: #b36dcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d27b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.714,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4975,
    "c": 0.21214,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D27B3

secondary

#86C86E

accent

#E7416E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#120813

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D27B3

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

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