#8B299B#8B299B

#8B299B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.188 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B299B
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 155)
HSL	hsl(292, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(292, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 73.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.82, 55.98, -41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.82, 69.85, 323.27°)
OKLab	oklab(47.99% 0.1477 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(47.99% 0.188 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3561, 9.4424, 31.9124)
Luminance	0.0944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B299B #399B29

analogous

#52299B #8B299B #9B2972

triadic

#8B299B #9B8B29 #299B8B

tetradic

#8B299B #9B5229 #399B29 #29729B

square

#8B299B #9B5229 #399B29 #29729B

split-complementary

#8B299B #729B29 #299B52

monochromatic

#340F3A #601C6B #8B299B #B537CA #C767D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#8B299B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#8B299B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B299B

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B299B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B299B	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00509E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#385A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b299b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.188 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06db9',
    500: '#8b299b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b299b;
$custom-light: #b06db9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b299b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.579,
    "s": 58.163,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47991,
    "c": 0.1883,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B299B

secondary

#6FBD63

accent

#E1465C

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B299B

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

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