#8E29A5#8E29A5

#8E29A5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.198 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E29A5
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 165)
HSL	hsl(289, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(289, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 75.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.94, 58.51, -45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.94, 74.42, 321.83°)
OKLab	oklab(49.09% 0.1505 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(49.09% 0.198 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.7389, 10.0542, 36.5436)
Luminance	0.1005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E29A5 #40A529

analogous

#5029A5 #8E29A5 #A5297E

triadic

#8E29A5 #A58E29 #29A58E

tetradic

#8E29A5 #A55029 #40A529 #297EA5

square

#8E29A5 #A55029 #40A529 #297EA5

split-complementary

#8E29A5 #7EA529 #29A550

monochromatic

#3A1143 #641D74 #8E29A5 #B43DCF #C76EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.98

#8E29A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#8E29A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E29A5

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E29A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E29A5	1.00	6.98	3.01	6.98
#FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#335DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E4265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e29a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.198 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36ec0',
    500: '#8e29a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e29a5;
$custom-light: #b36ec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e29a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.871,
    "s": 60.194,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49085,
    "c": 0.19824,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E29A5

secondary

#79C268

accent

#E34462

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E29A5

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

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