#8E27CA#8E27CA

#8E27CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.233 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E27CA
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 202)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 80.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.36, 66.57, -63.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.36, 92.29, 316.16°)
OKLab	oklab(51.62% 0.1454 -0.1817)
OKLCH	oklch(51.62% 0.233 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5393, 11.4665, 56.8916)
Luminance	0.1147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E27CA #63CA27

analogous

#3C27CA #8E27CA #CA27B5

triadic

#8E27CA #CA8E27 #27CA8E

tetradic

#8E27CA #CA3C27 #63CA27 #27B5CA

square

#8E27CA #CA3C27 #63CA27 #27B5CA

split-complementary

#8E27CA #B5CA27 #27CA3C

monochromatic

#461363 #6A1D97 #8E27CA #AA51DD #C384E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#8E27CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#8E27CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E27CA

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E27CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E27CA	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84527A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e27ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.233 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56fdb',
    500: '#8e27ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e27ca;
$custom-light: #b56fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e27ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.914,
    "s": 67.635,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51618,
    "c": 0.2327,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E27CA

secondary

#9BD07C

accent

#EB3D7D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120815

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E27CA

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

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