#8B29BD#8B29BD

#8B29BD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.218 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B29BD
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 189)
HSL	hsl(280, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(280, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 78.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.16, 62.72, -58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.16, 85.63, 317.09°)
OKLab	oklab(50.38% 0.1429 -0.1653)
OKLCH	oklch(50.38% 0.218 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6239, 10.7495, 49.1227)
Luminance	0.1075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B29BD #5BBD29

analogous

#4129BD #8B29BD #BD29A5

triadic

#8B29BD #BD8B29 #29BD8B

tetradic

#8B29BD #BD4129 #5BBD29 #29A5BD

square

#8B29BD #BD4129 #5BBD29 #29A5BD

split-complementary

#8B29BD #A5BD29 #29BD41

monochromatic

#411358 #661E8B #8B29BD #A84BD8 #C17DE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#8B29BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#8B29BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B29BD

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B29BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B29BD	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#844E73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b29bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.218 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26ed2',
    500: '#8b29bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b29bd;
$custom-light: #b26ed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b29bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.73,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5038,
    "c": 0.21848,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B29BD

secondary

#93CB77

accent

#E74079

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110814

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B29BD

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

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