#8A29B2#8A29B2

#8A29B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.208 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A29B2
RGB	rgb(138, 41, 178)
HSL	hsl(282, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(282, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 77%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.21, 60.28, -53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.21, 80.50, 318.49°)
OKLab	oklab(49.43% 0.1437 -0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(49.43% 0.208 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3086, 10.2041, 43.0633)
Luminance	0.1020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A29B2 #51B229

analogous

#4629B2 #8A29B2 #B22995

triadic

#8A29B2 #B28A29 #29B28A

tetradic

#8A29B2 #B24629 #51B229 #2995B2

square

#8A29B2 #B24629 #51B229 #2995B2

split-complementary

#8A29B2 #95B229 #29B246

monochromatic

#3D124F #631E80 #8A29B2 #AA44D4 #C176DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.91

#8A29B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#8A29B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A29B2

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A29B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A29B2	1.00	6.91	3.04	6.91
#FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B5CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86496D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a29b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 41, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.208 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16eca',
    500: '#8a29b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a29b2;
$custom-light: #b16eca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a29b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.482,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4943,
    "c": 0.20827,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A29B2

secondary

#89C770

accent

#E64272

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A29B2

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

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