#8C29BA#8C29BA

#8C29BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.216 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C29BA
RGB	rgb(140, 41, 186)
HSL	hsl(281, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(281, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 78%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.08, 62.28, -56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.08, 84.18, 317.71°)
OKLab	oklab(50.29% 0.1448 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(50.29% 0.216 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.4694, 10.7071, 47.4332)
Luminance	0.1071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C29BA #57BA29

analogous

#4429BA #8C29BA #BA299F

triadic

#8C29BA #BA8C29 #29BA8C

tetradic

#8C29BA #BA4429 #57BA29 #299FBA

square

#8C29BA #BA4429 #57BA29 #299FBA

split-complementary

#8C29BA #9FBA29 #29BA44

monochromatic

#411356 #661E88 #8C29BA #AA49D7 #C17BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#8C29BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#8C29BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C29BA

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C29BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C29BA	1.00	6.69	3.14	6.69
#FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B5EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#864C71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c29ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 41, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.216 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26ed0',
    500: '#8c29ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c29ba;
$custom-light: #b26ed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c29ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.966,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5029,
    "c": 0.21608,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C29BA

secondary

#90CA75

accent

#E74176

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C29BA

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

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