#8A29C6#8A29C6

#8A29C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.226 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A29C6
RGB	rgb(138, 41, 198)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 79.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.69, 64.43, -62.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.69, 89.90, 315.78°)
OKLab	oklab(50.94% 0.1395 -0.1782)
OKLCH	oklch(50.94% 0.226 308)
XYZ	xyz(21.4651, 11.0667, 54.4204)
Luminance	0.1107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A29C6 #65C629

analogous

#3C29C6 #8A29C6 #C629B4

triadic

#8A29C6 #C68A29 #29C68A

tetradic

#8A29C6 #C63C29 #65C629 #29B4C6

square

#8A29C6 #C63C29 #65C629 #29B4C6

split-complementary

#8A29C6 #B4C629 #29C63C

monochromatic

#431461 #671F93 #8A29C6 #A651DB #C084E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#8A29C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#8A29C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A29C6

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A29C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A29C6	1.00	6.54	3.21	6.54
#FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#805278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a29c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 41, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.226 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26fd8',
    500: '#8a29c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a29c6;
$custom-light: #b26fd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a29c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.07,
    "s": 65.69,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5094,
    "c": 0.22634,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.11066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A29C6

secondary

#9CCF7C

accent

#E93F80

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120815

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A29C6

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

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