#8F27BB#8F27BB

#8F27BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.220 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F27BB
RGB	rgb(143, 39, 187)
HSL	hsl(282, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(282, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 79.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.38, 63.68, -56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.38, 85.29, 318.30°)
OKLab	oklab(50.61% 0.1501 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(50.61% 0.22 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.0212, 10.8792, 47.9966)
Luminance	0.1088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F27BB #53BB27

analogous

#4527BB #8F27BB #BB279D

triadic

#8F27BB #BB8F27 #27BB8F

tetradic

#8F27BB #BB4527 #53BB27 #279DBB

square

#8F27BB #BB4527 #53BB27 #279DBB

split-complementary

#8F27BB #9DBB27 #27BB45

monochromatic

#421256 #681C88 #8F27BB #AD47D9 #C479E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#8F27BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#8F27BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F27BB

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F27BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F27BB	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#105FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f27bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 39, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.220 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56ed0',
    500: '#8f27bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f27bb;
$custom-light: #b56ed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f27bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.162,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5061,
    "c": 0.21978,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F27BB

secondary

#8DCB73

accent

#E83F72

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120814

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F27BB

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

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