#8E27A4#8E27A4

#8E27A4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.200 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E27A4
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 164)
HSL	hsl(289, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(289, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 76.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.63, 59.02, -45.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.63, 74.75, 322.14°)
OKLab	oklab(48.85% 0.1524 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(48.85% 0.2 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.5808, 9.8831, 36.0437)
Luminance	0.0988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E27A4 #3DA427

analogous

#5027A4 #8E27A4 #A4277C

triadic

#8E27A4 #A48E27 #27A48E

tetradic

#8E27A4 #A45027 #3DA427 #277CA4

square

#8E27A4 #A45027 #3DA427 #277CA4

split-complementary

#8E27A4 #7CA427 #27A450

monochromatic

#380F41 #631B73 #8E27A4 #B538D0 #C86ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#8E27A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#8E27A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E27A4

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E27A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E27A4	1.00	7.06	2.98	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#325CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E4164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e27a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.200 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36dc0',
    500: '#8e27a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e27a4;
$custom-light: #b36dc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e27a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.44,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48846,
    "c": 0.19951,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E27A4

secondary

#75C265

accent

#E54360

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E27A4

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

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