#8C299E#8C299E

#8C299E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.191 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C299E
RGB	rgb(140, 41, 158)
HSL	hsl(291, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(291, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 74.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.17, 56.76, -43.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.17, 71.23, 322.84°)
OKLab	oklab(48.33% 0.1487 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(48.33% 0.191 321)
XYZ	xyz(17.7790, 9.6309, 33.2636)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C299E #3B9E29

analogous

#52299E #8C299E #9E2976

triadic

#8C299E #9E8C29 #299E8C

tetradic

#8C299E #9E5229 #3B9E29 #29769E

square

#8C299E #9E5229 #3B9E29 #29769E

split-complementary

#8C299E #769E29 #299E52

monochromatic

#36103D #611C6D #8C299E #B539CC #C769D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#8C299E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#8C299E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C299E

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C299E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C299E	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D4061

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c299e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 41, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.191 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16dbb',
    500: '#8c299e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c299e;
$custom-light: #b16dbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c299e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48332,
    "c": 0.19133,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.0963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C299E

secondary

#72BF64

accent

#E2465E

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C299E

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

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