#8D27BA#8D27BA

#8D27BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.218 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D27BA
RGB	rgb(141, 39, 186)
HSL	hsl(282, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(282, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 79%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.00, 63.13, -56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.00, 84.90, 318.04°)
OKLab	oklab(50.26% 0.1477 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(50.26% 0.218 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5713, 10.6595, 47.4187)
Luminance	0.1066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D27BA #54BA27

analogous

#4427BA #8D27BA #BA279E

triadic

#8D27BA #BA8D27 #27BA8D

tetradic

#8D27BA #BA4427 #54BA27 #279EBA

square

#8D27BA #BA4427 #54BA27 #279EBA

split-complementary

#8D27BA #9EBA27 #27BA44

monochromatic

#401255 #671C87 #8D27BA #AB46D8 #C279E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#8D27BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#8D27BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D27BA

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D27BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D27BA	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B5EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d27ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 39, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.218 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36ed0',
    500: '#8d27ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d27ba;
$custom-light: #b36ed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d27ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.633,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50263,
    "c": 0.21828,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D27BA

secondary

#8DCB72

accent

#E84073

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120814

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D27BA

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

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