#8B299C#8B299C

#8B299C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.189 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B299C
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 156)
HSL	hsl(291, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(291, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 73.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.89, 56.17, -42.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.89, 70.31, 323.03°)
OKLab	oklab(48.06% 0.1476 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(48.06% 0.189 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4405, 9.4761, 32.3565)
Luminance	0.0948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B299C #3A9C29

analogous

#51299C #8B299C #9C2973

triadic

#8B299C #9C8B29 #299C8B

tetradic

#8B299C #9C5129 #3A9C29 #29739C

square

#8B299C #9C5129 #3A9C29 #29739C

split-complementary

#8B299C #739C29 #299C51

monochromatic

#35103B #601C6C #8B299C #B538CB #C768D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#8B299C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#8B299C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B299C

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B299C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B299C	1.00	7.25	2.89	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00509F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#375A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b299c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.189 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06dba',
    500: '#8b299c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b299c;
$custom-light: #b06dba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b299c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.13,
    "s": 58.376,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48056,
    "c": 0.18917,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B299C

secondary

#71BE63

accent

#E2465D

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B299C

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

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