#8B29B6#8B29B6

#8B29B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.212 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B29B6
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 182)
HSL	hsl(282, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(282, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 77.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.64, 61.28, -55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.64, 82.34, 318.09°)
OKLab	oklab(49.86% 0.1443 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(49.86% 0.212 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8824, 10.4528, 45.2171)
Luminance	0.1045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B29B6 #54B629

analogous

#4429B6 #8B29B6 #B6299A

triadic

#8B29B6 #B68B29 #29B68B

tetradic

#8B29B6 #B64429 #54B629 #299AB6

square

#8B29B6 #B64429 #54B629 #299AB6

split-complementary

#8B29B6 #9AB629 #29B644

monochromatic

#3F1252 #651E84 #8B29B6 #AA47D5 #C179E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.80

#8B29B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#8B29B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B29B6

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B29B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B29B6	1.00	6.80	3.09	6.80
#FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#155DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#864B6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b29b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.212 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26ecd',
    500: '#8b29b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b29b6;
$custom-light: #b26ecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b29b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.702,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49859,
    "c": 0.21218,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B29B6

secondary

#8DC972

accent

#E64274

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B29B6

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

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