#8D27B9#8D27B9

#8D27B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.217 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D27B9
RGB	rgb(141, 39, 185)
HSL	hsl(282, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(282, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 78.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.93, 62.93, -56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.93, 84.43, 318.18°)
OKLab	oklab(50.19% 0.1479 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(50.19% 0.217 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4654, 10.6172, 46.8608)
Luminance	0.1062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D27B9 #53B927

analogous

#4427B9 #8D27B9 #B9279C

triadic

#8D27B9 #B98D27 #27B98D

tetradic

#8D27B9 #B94427 #53B927 #279CB9

square

#8D27B9 #B94427 #53B927 #279CB9

split-complementary

#8D27B9 #9CB927 #27B944

monochromatic

#401254 #661C86 #8D27B9 #AC45D8 #C278E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#8D27B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#8D27B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D27B9

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D27B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D27B9	1.00	6.72	3.12	6.72
#FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F5EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884B70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d27b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 39, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.217 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36ecf',
    500: '#8d27b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d27b9;
$custom-light: #b36ecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d27b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.918,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50189,
    "c": 0.2174,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D27B9

secondary

#8CCA72

accent

#E84072

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120814

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

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