#8F27BC#8F27BC

#8F27BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.221 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F27BC
RGB	rgb(143, 39, 188)
HSL	hsl(282, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(282, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 79.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.45, 63.88, -57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.45, 85.75, 318.16°)
OKLab	oklab(50.68% 0.1499 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(50.68% 0.221 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1287, 10.9222, 48.5624)
Luminance	0.1092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F27BC #54BC27

analogous

#4427BC #8F27BC #BC279F

triadic

#8F27BC #BC8F27 #27BC8F

tetradic

#8F27BC #BC4427 #54BC27 #279FBC

square

#8F27BC #BC4427 #54BC27 #279FBC

split-complementary

#8F27BC #9FBC27 #27BC44

monochromatic

#421257 #681C89 #8F27BC #AD47D9 #C47AE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#8F27BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#8F27BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F27BC

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F27BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F27BC	1.00	6.59	3.18	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C5FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f27bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 39, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.221 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56ed1',
    500: '#8f27bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f27bc;
$custom-light: #b56ed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f27bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.879,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50684,
    "c": 0.22065,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F27BC

secondary

#8ECB73

accent

#E93F72

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120814

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F27BC

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

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