#8E29BD#8E29BD

#8E29BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.219 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E29BD
RGBrgb(142, 41, 189)
HSLhsl(281, 64%, 45%)
HSVhsv(281, 78%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(24.9%, 78.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(39.60, 63.25, -57.56)
CIE-LCHlch(39.60, 85.52, 317.70°)
OKLaboklab(50.78% 0.1468 -0.163)
OKLCHoklch(50.78% 0.219 312)
XYZxyz(21.1319, 11.0114, 49.1465)
Luminance0.1101 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E29BD #58BD29
analogous
#4429BD #8E29BD #BD29A2
triadic
#8E29BD #BD8E29 #29BD8E
tetradic
#8E29BD #BD4429 #58BD29 #29A2BD
square
#8E29BD #BD4429 #58BD29 #29A2BD
split-complementary
#8E29BD #A2BD29 #29BD44
monochromatic
#421358 #681E8B #8E29BD #AB4BD8 #C37DE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56
#8E29BD on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20
#8E29BD on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E29BD
6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E29BD#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E29BD1.006.563.206.56
#FFFFFF6.561.0021.001.00
#0000003.2021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.561.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0059C1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#085FBA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#884D73
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e29bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.219 312.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46fd2',
    500: '#8e29bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e29bd;
$custom-light: #b46fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e29bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.946,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50783,
    "c": 0.21937,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.11011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E29BD
secondary
#91CB77
accent
#E74075
background
#FBF7FD
surface
#F6EDFA
border
#D0C8D3
text
#120814
muted
#817B83

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#8E29BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva