#8E27A2#8E27A2

#8E27A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.198 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E27A2
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 162)
HSL	hsl(290, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(290, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 75.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.50, 58.64, -44.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.50, 73.85, 322.57°)
OKLab	oklab(48.71% 0.1526 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(48.71% 0.198 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4017, 9.8114, 35.0999)
Luminance	0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E27A2 #3BA227

analogous

#5127A2 #8E27A2 #A22779

triadic

#8E27A2 #A28E27 #27A28E

tetradic

#8E27A2 #A25127 #3BA227 #2779A2

square

#8E27A2 #A25127 #3BA227 #2779A2

split-complementary

#8E27A2 #79A227 #27A251

monochromatic

#380F3F #631B71 #8E27A2 #B637CF #C869DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#8E27A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#8E27A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E27A2

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E27A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E27A2	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#345C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F4063

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e27a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.198 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36dbe',
    500: '#8e27a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e27a2;
$custom-light: #b36dbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e27a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.244,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48712,
    "c": 0.19779,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E27A2

secondary

#73C164

accent

#E4435E

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E27A2

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

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