#8E27BC#8E27BC

#8E27BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.220 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E27BC
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 188)
HSL	hsl(281, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(281, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 79.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.30, 63.71, -57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.30, 85.79, 317.95°)
OKLab	oklab(50.55% 0.1486 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(50.55% 0.22 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9563, 10.8333, 48.5543)
Luminance	0.1083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E27BC #55BC27

analogous

#4427BC #8E27BC #BC279F

triadic

#8E27BC #BC8E27 #27BC8E

tetradic

#8E27BC #BC4427 #55BC27 #279FBC

square

#8E27BC #BC4427 #55BC27 #279FBC

split-complementary

#8E27BC #9FBC27 #27BC44

monochromatic

#411257 #681C89 #8E27BC #AC47D9 #C37AE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#8E27BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#8E27BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E27BC

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E27BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E27BC	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#075FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e27bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.220 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46ed1',
    500: '#8e27bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e27bc;
$custom-light: #b46ed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e27bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.477,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50548,
    "c": 0.22035,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E27BC

secondary

#8FCB73

accent

#E93F74

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120814

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E27BC

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

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