#8E27A6#8E27A6

#8E27A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.201 H 319.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E27A6
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 166)
HSL	hsl(289, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(289, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 76.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.76, 59.39, -46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.76, 75.66, 321.72°)
OKLab	oklab(48.98% 0.1522 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(48.98% 0.201 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.7629, 9.9559, 37.0024)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E27A6 #3FA627

analogous

#4E27A6 #8E27A6 #A6277F

triadic

#8E27A6 #A68E27 #27A68E

tetradic

#8E27A6 #A64E27 #3FA627 #277FA6

square

#8E27A6 #A64E27 #3FA627 #277FA6

split-complementary

#8E27A6 #7FA627 #27A64E

monochromatic

#391043 #641B74 #8E27A6 #B43AD1 #C76BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#8E27A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#8E27A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E27A6

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E27A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E27A6	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#305CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E4265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e27a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.201 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36dc1',
    500: '#8e27a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e27a6;
$custom-light: #b36dc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e27a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.661,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48981,
    "c": 0.20121,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E27A6

secondary

#78C366

accent

#E54361

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E27A6

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

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