#8E27A0#8E27A0

#8E27A0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.196 H 321.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E27A0
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 160)
HSL	hsl(291, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(291, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 75.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.37, 58.27, -43.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.37, 72.95, 323.01°)
OKLab	oklab(48.58% 0.1528 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(48.58% 0.196 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2253, 9.7409, 34.1711)
Luminance	0.0974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E27A0 #39A027

analogous

#5227A0 #8E27A0 #A02776

triadic

#8E27A0 #A08E27 #27A08E

tetradic

#8E27A0 #A05227 #39A027 #2776A0

square

#8E27A0 #A05227 #39A027 #2776A0

split-complementary

#8E27A0 #76A027 #27A052

monochromatic

#370F3E #621B6F #8E27A0 #B736CE #C967DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#8E27A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#8E27A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E27A0

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E27A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E27A0	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e27a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.196 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36dbd',
    500: '#8e27a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e27a0;
$custom-light: #b36dbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e27a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.074,
    "s": 60.804,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4858,
    "c": 0.19608,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E27A0

secondary

#71C063

accent

#E4445C

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E27A0

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

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