#8B299D#8B299D

#8B299D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.190 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B299D
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 157)
HSL	hsl(291, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(291, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 73.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.95, 56.36, -42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.95, 70.76, 322.80°)
OKLab	oklab(48.12% 0.1475 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(48.12% 0.19 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5255, 9.5101, 32.8043)
Luminance	0.0951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B299D #3B9D29

analogous

#51299D #8B299D #9D2975

triadic

#8B299D #9D8B29 #299D8B

tetradic

#8B299D #9D5129 #3B9D29 #29759D

square

#8B299D #9D5129 #3B9D29 #29759D

split-complementary

#8B299D #759D29 #299D51

monochromatic

#35103C #601C6C #8B299D #B438CB #C769D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#8B299D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#8B299D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B299D

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B299D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B299D	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3F61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b299d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.190 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06dba',
    500: '#8b299d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b299d;
$custom-light: #b06dba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b299d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.69,
    "s": 58.586,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48121,
    "c": 0.19004,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B299D

secondary

#72BE64

accent

#E2465E

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B299D

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

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