#8F27B6#8F27B6

#8F27B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.215 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F27B6
RGB	rgb(143, 39, 182)
HSL	hsl(284, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(284, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 78.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.02, 62.69, -54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.02, 82.98, 319.07°)
OKLab	oklab(50.25% 0.151 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(50.25% 0.215 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4953, 10.6688, 45.2266)
Luminance	0.1067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F27B6 #4EB627

analogous

#4727B6 #8F27B6 #B62795

triadic

#8F27B6 #B68F27 #27B68F

tetradic

#8F27B6 #B64727 #4EB627 #2795B6

square

#8F27B6 #B64727 #4EB627 #2795B6

split-complementary

#8F27B6 #95B627 #27B647

monochromatic

#401151 #671C84 #8F27B6 #AF43D7 #C476E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#8F27B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#8F27B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F27B6

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F27B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F27B6	1.00	6.70	3.13	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C5EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B496F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f27b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 39, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.215 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46ecd',
    500: '#8f27b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f27b6;
$custom-light: #b46ecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f27b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50245,
    "c": 0.21541,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F27B6

secondary

#88C970

accent

#E8406E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120813

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F27B6

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

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