#8B29A2#8B29A2

#8B29A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.194 H 319.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B29A2
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 162)
HSL	hsl(289, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(289, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 74.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.27, 57.31, -45.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.27, 73.05, 321.68°)
OKLab	oklab(48.45% 0.1471 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(48.45% 0.194 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9611, 9.6844, 35.0986)
Luminance	0.0968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B29A2 #40A229

analogous

#4F29A2 #8B29A2 #A2297D

triadic

#8B29A2 #A28B29 #29A28B

tetradic

#8B29A2 #A24F29 #40A229 #297DA2

square

#8B29A2 #A24F29 #40A229 #297DA2

split-complementary

#8B29A2 #7DA229 #29A24F

monochromatic

#371040 #611D71 #8B29A2 #B23BCD #C56CDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#8B29A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#8B29A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B29A2

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B29A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B29A2	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#325B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b29a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.194 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16dbe',
    500: '#8b29a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b29a2;
$custom-light: #b16dbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b29a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.595,
    "s": 59.606,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48452,
    "c": 0.19441,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B29A2

secondary

#78C067

accent

#E34563

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B29A2

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

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