#8B29B7#8B29B7

#8B29B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.213 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B29B7
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 183)
HSL	hsl(281, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(281, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 77.6%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.72, 61.48, -55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.72, 82.81, 317.94°)
OKLab	oklab(49.93% 0.1441 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(49.93% 0.213 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9861, 10.4943, 45.7634)
Luminance	0.1049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B29B7 #55B729

analogous

#4429B7 #8B29B7 #B7299C

triadic

#8B29B7 #B78B29 #29B78B

tetradic

#8B29B7 #B74429 #55B729 #299CB7

square

#8B29B7 #B74429 #55B729 #299CB7

split-complementary

#8B29B7 #9CB729 #29B744

monochromatic

#3F1353 #651E85 #8B29B7 #AA47D6 #C179E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#8B29B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#8B29B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B29B7

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B29B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B29B7	1.00	6.78	3.10	6.78
#FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#125DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#864B6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b29b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.213 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26ecd',
    500: '#8b29b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b29b7;
$custom-light: #b26ecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b29b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.408,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49933,
    "c": 0.21308,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B29B7

secondary

#8EC973

accent

#E64175

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B29B7

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

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