#8B429D#8B429D

#8B429D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.156 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B429D
RGB	rgb(139, 66, 157)
HSL	hsl(288, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(288, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 58%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.93, 45.32, -36.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.93, 58.16, 321.20°)
OKLab	oklab(51% 0.118 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(51% 0.156 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.6807, 11.8205, 33.1893)
Luminance	0.1182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B429D #549D42

analogous

#5D429D #8B429D #9D4281

triadic

#8B429D #9D8B42 #429D8B

tetradic

#8B429D #9D5D42 #549D42 #42819D

square

#8B429D #9D5D42 #549D42 #42819D

split-complementary

#8B429D #819D42 #429D5D

monochromatic

#3F1E47 #653072 #8B429D #AA60BC #C18BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#8B429D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#8B429D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B429D

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B429D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B429D	1.00	6.24	3.36	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E5CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48639B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B5069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b429d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 66, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.156 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7aba',
    500: '#8b429d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b429d;
$custom-light: #af7aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b429d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.132,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50996,
    "c": 0.15564,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B429D

secondary

#8DB982

accent

#D1576F

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF6

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B429D

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

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