#8C299D#8C299D

#8C299D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.190 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C299D
RGB	rgb(140, 41, 157)
HSL	hsl(291, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(291, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 73.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.11, 56.58, -42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.11, 70.77, 323.07°)
OKLab	oklab(48.27% 0.1487 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(48.27% 0.19 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6933, 9.5966, 32.8121)
Luminance	0.0960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C299D #3A9D29

analogous

#52299D #8C299D #9D2974

triadic

#8C299D #9D8C29 #299D8C

tetradic

#8C299D #9D5229 #3A9D29 #29749D

square

#8C299D #9D5229 #3A9D29 #29749D

split-complementary

#8C299D #749D29 #299D52

monochromatic

#35103C #611C6C #8C299D #B638CB #C769D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#8C299D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#8C299D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C299D

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C299D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C299D	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#375B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D3F61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c299d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 41, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.190 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16dba',
    500: '#8c299d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c299d;
$custom-light: #b16dba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c299d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.207,
    "s": 58.586,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48267,
    "c": 0.19047,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C299D

secondary

#71BE64

accent

#E2465D

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C299D

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

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