#8929BD#8929BD

#8929BD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.218 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8929BD
RGBrgb(137, 41, 189)
HSLhsl(279, 64%, 45%)
HSVhsv(279, 78%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(27.5%, 78.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(38.86, 62.37, -58.79)
CIE-LCHlch(38.86, 85.71, 316.69°)
OKLaboklab(50.11% 0.1402 -0.1668)
OKLCHoklch(50.11% 0.218 310.1)
XYZxyz(20.2930, 10.5788, 49.1071)
Luminance0.1058 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8929BD #5DBD29
analogous
#3F29BD #8929BD #BD29A7
triadic
#8929BD #BD8929 #29BD89
tetradic
#8929BD #BD3F29 #5DBD29 #29A7BD
square
#8929BD #BD3F29 #5DBD29 #29A7BD
split-complementary
#8929BD #A7BD29 #29BD3F
monochromatic
#401358 #651E8B #8929BD #A74BD8 #BF7DE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74
#8929BD on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12
#8929BD on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8929BD
6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8929BD#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8929BD1.006.743.126.74
#FFFFFF6.741.0021.001.00
#0000003.1221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.741.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0058C1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#005DBA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#824E73
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8929bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 41, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.218 310.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16ed2',
    500: '#8929bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8929bd;
$custom-light: #b16ed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8929bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.919,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50114,
    "c": 0.2179,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8929BD
secondary
#94CB77
accent
#E7407B
background
#FBF7FD
surface
#F6EDFA
border
#D0C8D3
text
#110814
muted
#807B83

Preview Lab

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#8929BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva