#8A29BD#8A29BD

#8A29BD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.218 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A29BD
RGB	rgb(138, 41, 189)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(279, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 78.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.01, 62.54, -58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.01, 85.67, 316.89°)
OKLab	oklab(50.25% 0.1416 -0.166)
OKLCH	oklch(50.25% 0.218 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4577, 10.6637, 49.1149)
Luminance	0.1066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A29BD #5CBD29

analogous

#4029BD #8A29BD #BD29A6

triadic

#8A29BD #BD8A29 #29BD8A

tetradic

#8A29BD #BD4029 #5CBD29 #29A6BD

square

#8A29BD #BD4029 #5CBD29 #29A6BD

split-complementary

#8A29BD #A6BD29 #29BD40

monochromatic

#411358 #651E8B #8A29BD #A74BD8 #C07DE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#8A29BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#8A29BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A29BD

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A29BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A29BD	1.00	6.70	3.13	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#834E73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a29bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 41, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.218 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16ed2',
    500: '#8a29bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a29bd;
$custom-light: #b16ed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a29bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.324,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50247,
    "c": 0.21819,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A29BD

secondary

#94CB77

accent

#E7407A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110814

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A29BD

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

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