#8E27B9#8E27B9

#8E27B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.218 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E27B9
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 185)
HSL	hsl(282, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(282, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 78.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.08, 63.10, -56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.08, 84.40, 318.39°)
OKLab	oklab(50.33% 0.1492 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(50.33% 0.218 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6362, 10.7053, 46.8688)
Luminance	0.1071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E27B9 #52B927

analogous

#4527B9 #8E27B9 #B9279B

triadic

#8E27B9 #B98E27 #27B98E

tetradic

#8E27B9 #B94527 #52B927 #279BB9

square

#8E27B9 #B94527 #52B927 #279BB9

split-complementary

#8E27B9 #9BB927 #27B945

monochromatic

#401254 #671C86 #8E27B9 #AD45D8 #C378E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#8E27B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#8E27B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E27B9

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E27B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E27B9	1.00	6.69	3.14	6.69
#FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#125EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e27b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.218 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46ecf',
    500: '#8e27b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e27b9;
$custom-light: #b46ecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e27b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.329,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50326,
    "c": 0.21771,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E27B9

secondary

#8CCA72

accent

#E84071

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120814

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E27B9

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