#8C299C#8C299C

#8C299C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.190 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C299C
RGB	rgb(140, 41, 156)
HSL	hsl(292, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(292, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 73.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.05, 56.39, -42.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.05, 70.32, 323.31°)
OKLab	oklab(48.2% 0.1488 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(48.2% 0.19 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.6083, 9.5626, 32.3643)
Luminance	0.0956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C299C #399C29

analogous

#52299C #8C299C #9C2972

triadic

#8C299C #9C8C29 #299C8C

tetradic

#8C299C #9C5229 #399C29 #29729C

square

#8C299C #9C5229 #399C29 #29729C

split-complementary

#8C299C #729C29 #299C52

monochromatic

#35103B #611C6C #8C299C #B638CB #C868D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#8C299C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#8C299C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C299C

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C299C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C299C	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00509F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#385B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D3F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c299c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 41, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.190 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16dba',
    500: '#8c299c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c299c;
$custom-light: #b16dba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c299c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.652,
    "s": 58.376,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48202,
    "c": 0.1896,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C299C

secondary

#70BE63

accent

#E2465C

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C299C

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

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