#8A299E#8A299E

#8A299E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.190 H 320.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A299E
RGB	rgb(138, 41, 158)
HSL	hsl(290, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(290, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 74.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.85, 56.34, -43.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.85, 71.21, 322.29°)
OKLab	oklab(48.04% 0.1463 -0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(48.04% 0.19 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4450, 9.4587, 33.2479)
Luminance	0.0946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A299E #3D9E29

analogous

#50299E #8A299E #9E2978

triadic

#8A299E #9E8A29 #299E8A

tetradic

#8A299E #9E5029 #3D9E29 #29789E

square

#8A299E #9E5029 #3D9E29 #29789E

split-complementary

#8A299E #789E29 #299E50

monochromatic

#35103D #601C6D #8A299E #B239CC #C569D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#8A299E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#8A299E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A299E

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A299E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A299E	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#345A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4061

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a299e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 41, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.190 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06dbb',
    500: '#8a299e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a299e;
$custom-light: #b06dbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a299e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.744,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48042,
    "c": 0.19049,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A299E

secondary

#74BF64

accent

#E24661

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A299E

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

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