#8A29B8#8A29B8

#8A29B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.214 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A29B8
RGB	rgb(138, 41, 184)
HSL	hsl(281, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(281, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 77.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.64, 61.51, -56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.64, 83.31, 317.58°)
OKLab	oklab(49.87% 0.1426 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(49.87% 0.214 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9243, 10.4504, 46.3057)
Luminance	0.1045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A29B8 #57B829

analogous

#4229B8 #8A29B8 #B8299F

triadic

#8A29B8 #B88A29 #29B88A

tetradic

#8A29B8 #B84229 #57B829 #299FB8

square

#8A29B8 #B84229 #57B829 #299FB8

split-complementary

#8A29B8 #9FB829 #29B842

monochromatic

#3F1354 #641E86 #8A29B8 #A848D6 #C07AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.80

#8A29B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#8A29B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A29B8

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A29B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A29B8	1.00	6.80	3.09	6.80
#FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A5DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#844C70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a29b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 41, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.214 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16ece',
    500: '#8a29b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a29b8;
$custom-light: #b16ece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a29b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.699,
    "s": 63.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49871,
    "c": 0.21367,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A29B8

secondary

#8FC973

accent

#E74176

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A29B8

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

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