#8E29BA#8E29BA

#8E29BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.217 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E29BA
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 186)
HSL	hsl(282, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(282, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 78%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.38, 62.64, -56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.38, 84.12, 318.13°)
OKLab	oklab(50.56% 0.1474 -0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(50.56% 0.217 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8096, 10.8825, 47.4492)
Luminance	0.1088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E29BA #55BA29

analogous

#4529BA #8E29BA #BA299E

triadic

#8E29BA #BA8E29 #29BA8E

tetradic

#8E29BA #BA4529 #55BA29 #299EBA

square

#8E29BA #BA4529 #55BA29 #299EBA

split-complementary

#8E29BA #9EBA29 #29BA45

monochromatic

#411356 #681E88 #8E29BA #AC49D7 #C37BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#8E29BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#8E29BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E29BA

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E29BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E29BA	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#135FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894C71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e29ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.217 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46fd0',
    500: '#8e29ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e29ba;
$custom-light: #b46fd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e29ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.793,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50561,
    "c": 0.2167,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E29BA

secondary

#8FCA75

accent

#E74173

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120814

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E29BA

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

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