#8B299E#8B299E

#8B299E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.191 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B299E
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 158)
HSL	hsl(290, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(290, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 74.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.01, 56.55, -43.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.01, 71.22, 322.57°)
OKLab	oklab(48.19% 0.1475 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(48.19% 0.191 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6112, 9.5444, 33.2557)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8B299E #3C9E29

analogous

#50299E #8B299E #9E2977

triadic

#8B299E #9E8B29 #299E8B

tetradic

#8B299E #9E5029 #3C9E29 #29779E

square

#8B299E #9E5029 #3C9E29 #29779E

split-complementary

#8B299E #779E29 #299E50

monochromatic

#36103D #601C6D #8B299E #B439CC #C669D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#8B299E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#8B299E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B299E

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B299E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B299E	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4061

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b299e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.191 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06dbb',
    500: '#8b299e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b299e;
$custom-light: #b06dbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b299e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.256,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48187,
    "c": 0.19091,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B299E

secondary

#73BF64

accent

#E2465F

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B299E

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

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