#8B29C5#8B29C5

#8B29C5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.226 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B29C5
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 197)
HSL	hsl(278, 66%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 79.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.76, 64.39, -62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.76, 89.39, 316.08°)
OKLab	oklab(50.99% 0.1411 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(50.99% 0.226 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5164, 11.1064, 53.8228)
Luminance	0.1111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B29C5 #63C529

analogous

#3D29C5 #8B29C5 #C529B1

triadic

#8B29C5 #C58B29 #29C58B

tetradic

#8B29C5 #C53D29 #63C529 #29B1C5

square

#8B29C5 #C53D29 #63C529 #29B1C5

split-complementary

#8B29C5 #B1C529 #29C53D

monochromatic

#441460 #671E92 #8B29C5 #A751DB #C183E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#8B29C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#8B29C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B29C5

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B29C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B29C5	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b29c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.226 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26fd8',
    500: '#8b29c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b29c5;
$custom-light: #b26fd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b29c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.692,
    "s": 65.546,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50992,
    "c": 0.2257,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B29C5

secondary

#9ACE7C

accent

#E83F7E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120815

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B29C5

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

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