#8A29B6#8A29B6

#8A29B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.212 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A29B6
RGB	rgb(138, 41, 182)
HSL	hsl(281, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(281, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 77.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.49, 61.10, -55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.49, 82.37, 317.88°)
OKLab	oklab(49.72% 0.143 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(49.72% 0.212 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7161, 10.3671, 45.2094)
Luminance	0.1037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A29B6 #55B629

analogous

#4329B6 #8A29B6 #B6299B

triadic

#8A29B6 #B68A29 #29B68A

tetradic

#8A29B6 #B64329 #55B629 #299BB6

square

#8A29B6 #B64329 #55B629 #299BB6

split-complementary

#8A29B6 #9BB629 #29B643

monochromatic

#3E1252 #641E84 #8A29B6 #A947D5 #C079E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#8A29B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#8A29B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A29B6

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A29B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A29B6	1.00	6.83	3.07	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#115DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#854B6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a29b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 41, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.212 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16ecd',
    500: '#8a29b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a29b6;
$custom-light: #b16ecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a29b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.277,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49723,
    "c": 0.21186,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A29B6

secondary

#8DC972

accent

#E64275

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A29B6

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

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