#8E27A1#8E27A1

#8E27A1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.197 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E27A1
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 161)
HSL	hsl(291, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(291, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 75.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.44, 58.45, -44.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.44, 73.40, 322.79°)
OKLab	oklab(48.65% 0.1527 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(48.65% 0.197 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.3131, 9.7760, 34.6337)
Luminance	0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E27A1 #3AA127

analogous

#5127A1 #8E27A1 #A12777

triadic

#8E27A1 #A18E27 #27A18E

tetradic

#8E27A1 #A15127 #3AA127 #2777A1

square

#8E27A1 #A15127 #3AA127 #2777A1

split-complementary

#8E27A1 #77A127 #27A151

monochromatic

#370F3E #631B70 #8E27A1 #B737CE #C968DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#8E27A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#8E27A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E27A1

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E27A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E27A1	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e27a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.197 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36dbd',
    500: '#8e27a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e27a1;
$custom-light: #b36dbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e27a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.656,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48646,
    "c": 0.19693,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E27A1

secondary

#72C063

accent

#E4445D

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E27A1

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

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