#8F27C6#8F27C6

#8F27C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.229 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F27C6
RGB	rgb(143, 39, 198)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(279, 80%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 80.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.19, 65.91, -61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.19, 90.39, 316.82°)
OKLab	oklab(51.44% 0.1477 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(51.44% 0.229 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2442, 11.3684, 54.4376)
Luminance	0.1137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F27C6 #5EC627

analogous

#3F27C6 #8F27C6 #C627AE

triadic

#8F27C6 #C68F27 #27C68F

tetradic

#8F27C6 #C63F27 #5EC627 #27AEC6

square

#8F27C6 #C63F27 #5EC627 #27AEC6

split-complementary

#8F27C6 #AEC627 #27C63F

monochromatic

#451360 #6A1D93 #8F27C6 #AB4EDC #C381E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#8F27C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#8F27C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F27C6

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F27C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F27C6	1.00	6.41	3.27	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f27c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 39, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.229 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56fd8',
    500: '#8f27c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f27c6;
$custom-light: #b56fd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f27c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.245,
    "s": 67.089,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51439,
    "c": 0.22943,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F27C6

secondary

#97CF7A

accent

#EA3E79

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120815

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F27C6

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

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