#8D27B6#8D27B6

#8D27B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.215 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D27B6
RGB	rgb(141, 39, 182)
HSL	hsl(283, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(283, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 78.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.71, 62.32, -54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.71, 83.04, 318.64°)
OKLab	oklab(49.97% 0.1485 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(49.97% 0.215 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1521, 10.4918, 45.2105)
Luminance	0.1049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D27B6 #50B627

analogous

#4527B6 #8D27B6 #B62797

triadic

#8D27B6 #B68D27 #27B68D

tetradic

#8D27B6 #B64527 #50B627 #2797B6

square

#8D27B6 #B64527 #50B627 #2797B6

split-complementary

#8D27B6 #97B627 #27B645

monochromatic

#3F1151 #661C84 #8D27B6 #AD43D7 #C376E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#8D27B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#8D27B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D27B6

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D27B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D27B6	1.00	6.78	3.10	6.78
#FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#175DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89496F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d27b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 39, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.215 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36ecd',
    500: '#8d27b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d27b6;
$custom-light: #b36ecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d27b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.797,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49968,
    "c": 0.21476,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D27B6

secondary

#89C970

accent

#E84070

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120813

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D27B6

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

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