#8A29BC#8A29BC

#8A29BC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.217 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A29BC
RGB	rgb(138, 41, 188)
HSL	hsl(280, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(280, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 78.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.93, 62.33, -58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.93, 85.20, 317.03°)
OKLab	oklab(50.17% 0.1418 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(50.17% 0.217 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3495, 10.6205, 48.5452)
Luminance	0.1062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A29BC #5BBC29

analogous

#4129BC #8A29BC #BC29A4

triadic

#8A29BC #BC8A29 #29BC8A

tetradic

#8A29BC #BC4129 #5BBC29 #29A4BC

square

#8A29BC #BC4129 #5BBC29 #29A4BC

split-complementary

#8A29BC #A4BC29 #29BC41

monochromatic

#401358 #651E8A #8A29BC #A84BD8 #C07DE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#8A29BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#8A29BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A29BC

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A29BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A29BC	1.00	6.72	3.12	6.72
#FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#834D72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a29bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 41, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.217 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16ed1',
    500: '#8a29bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a29bc;
$custom-light: #b16ed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a29bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.592,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50171,
    "c": 0.21728,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A29BC

secondary

#93CB76

accent

#E74179

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A29BC

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

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