#8E27A5#8E27A5

#8E27A5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.200 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E27A5
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 165)
HSL	hsl(289, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(289, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 76.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.70, 59.20, -46.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.70, 75.21, 321.93°)
OKLab	oklab(48.91% 0.1523 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(48.91% 0.2 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6715, 9.9194, 36.5211)
Luminance	0.0992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E27A5 #3EA527

analogous

#4F27A5 #8E27A5 #A5277D

triadic

#8E27A5 #A58E27 #27A58E

tetradic

#8E27A5 #A54F27 #3EA527 #277DA5

square

#8E27A5 #A54F27 #3EA527 #277DA5

split-complementary

#8E27A5 #7DA527 #27A54F

monochromatic

#391042 #631B74 #8E27A5 #B539D0 #C76ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#8E27A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#8E27A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E27A5

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E27A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E27A5	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#315CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E4165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e27a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.200 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36dc0',
    500: '#8e27a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e27a5;
$custom-light: #b36dc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e27a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.048,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48913,
    "c": 0.20036,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E27A5

secondary

#76C266

accent

#E54360

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E27A5

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

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