#8E27A7#8E27A7

#8E27A7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.202 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E27A7
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 167)
HSL	hsl(288, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(288, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 76.6%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.83, 59.58, -47.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.83, 76.12, 321.52°)
OKLab	oklab(49.05% 0.1521 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(49.05% 0.202 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8550, 9.9928, 37.4873)
Luminance	0.0999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E27A7 #40A727

analogous

#4E27A7 #8E27A7 #A72780

triadic

#8E27A7 #A78E27 #27A78E

tetradic

#8E27A7 #A74E27 #40A727 #2780A7

square

#8E27A7 #A74E27 #40A727 #2780A7

split-complementary

#8E27A7 #80A727 #27A74E

monochromatic

#3A1044 #641B75 #8E27A7 #B43AD1 #C76CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#8E27A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8E27A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E27A7

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E27A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E27A7	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F5CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E4266

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e27a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.202 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36dc2',
    500: '#8e27a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e27a7;
$custom-light: #b36dc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e27a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.281,
    "s": 62.136,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49049,
    "c": 0.20207,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E27A7

secondary

#79C367

accent

#E54362

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E27A7

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

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