#8B29B9#8B29B9

#8B29B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.215 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B29B9
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 185)
HSL	hsl(281, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(281, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 77.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.86, 61.89, -56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.86, 83.75, 317.65°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% 0.1437 -0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.215 312)
XYZ	xyz(20.1957, 10.5782, 46.8675)
Luminance	0.1058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B29B9 #57B929

analogous

#4329B9 #8B29B9 #B9299F

triadic

#8B29B9 #B98B29 #29B98B

tetradic

#8B29B9 #B94329 #57B929 #299FB9

square

#8B29B9 #B94329 #57B929 #299FB9

split-complementary

#8B29B9 #9FB929 #29B943

monochromatic

#401355 #651E87 #8B29B9 #A949D7 #C17BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#8B29B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#8B29B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B29B9

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B29B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B29B9	1.00	6.74	3.12	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B5DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#854C71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b29b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.215 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26ecf',
    500: '#8b29b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b29b9;
$custom-light: #b26ecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b29b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.833,
    "s": 63.717,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50081,
    "c": 0.21487,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.10578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B29B9

secondary

#8FCA74

accent

#E74176

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B29B9

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

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