#8B29A4#8B29A4

#8B29A4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.196 H 318.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B29A4
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 164)
HSL	hsl(288, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(288, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 75%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.40, 57.70, -46.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.40, 73.97, 321.27°)
OKLab	oklab(48.59% 0.1469 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(48.59% 0.196 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1403, 9.7560, 36.0423)
Luminance	0.0975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B29A4 #42A429

analogous

#4E29A4 #8B29A4 #A4297F

triadic

#8B29A4 #A48B29 #29A48B

tetradic

#8B29A4 #A44E29 #42A429 #297FA4

square

#8B29A4 #A44E29 #42A429 #297FA4

split-complementary

#8B29A4 #7FA429 #29A44E

monochromatic

#381142 #621D73 #8B29A4 #B13CCE #C46DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#8B29A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#8B29A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B29A4

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B29A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B29A4	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#305BA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b29a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.196 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16dc0',
    500: '#8b29a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b29a4;
$custom-light: #b16dc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b29a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.805,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48587,
    "c": 0.19617,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B29A4

secondary

#7AC168

accent

#E34565

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B29A4

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

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