#8B29BB#8B29BB

#8B29BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.217 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B29BB
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 187)
HSL	hsl(280, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(280, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 78.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.01, 62.30, -57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.01, 84.69, 317.37°)
OKLab	oklab(50.23% 0.1433 -0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(50.23% 0.217 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4083, 10.6632, 47.9872)
Luminance	0.1066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B29BB #59BB29

analogous

#4229BB #8B29BB #BB29A2

triadic

#8B29BB #BB8B29 #29BB8B

tetradic

#8B29BB #BB4229 #59BB29 #29A2BB

square

#8B29BB #BB4229 #59BB29 #29A2BB

split-complementary

#8B29BB #A2BB29 #29BB42

monochromatic

#401357 #661E89 #8B29BB #A94AD7 #C17CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#8B29BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#8B29BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B29BB

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B29BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B29BB	1.00	6.70	3.13	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#025EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#854D72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b29bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.217 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26ed0',
    500: '#8b29bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b29bb;
$custom-light: #b26ed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b29bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.274,
    "s": 64.035,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5023,
    "c": 0.21668,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B29BB

secondary

#91CB75

accent

#E74177

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B29BB

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

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