#8E27BA#8E27BA

#8E27BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.219 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E27BA
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 186)
HSL	hsl(282, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(282, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 79%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.15, 63.30, -56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.15, 84.86, 318.24°)
OKLab	oklab(50.4% 0.149 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(50.4% 0.219 313)
XYZ	xyz(20.7422, 10.7476, 47.4267)
Luminance	0.1075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E27BA #53BA27

analogous

#4527BA #8E27BA #BA279D

triadic

#8E27BA #BA8E27 #27BA8E

tetradic

#8E27BA #BA4527 #53BA27 #279DBA

square

#8E27BA #BA4527 #53BA27 #279DBA

split-complementary

#8E27BA #9DBA27 #27BA45

monochromatic

#411255 #671C87 #8E27BA #AC46D8 #C379E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#8E27BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#8E27BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E27BA

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E27BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E27BA	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F5EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e27ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.219 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46ed0',
    500: '#8e27ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e27ba;
$custom-light: #b46ed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e27ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.041,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.504,
    "c": 0.21859,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.10747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E27BA

secondary

#8DCB72

accent

#E84072

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120814

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E27BA

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