#8E29C6#8E29C6

#8E29C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.227 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E29C6
RGB	rgb(142, 41, 198)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 79.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.27, 65.10, -61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.27, 89.72, 316.52°)
OKLab	oklab(51.46% 0.1449 -0.1753)
OKLCH	oklch(51.46% 0.227 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1393, 11.4143, 54.4520)
Luminance	0.1141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E29C6 #61C629

analogous

#4029C6 #8E29C6 #C629AF

triadic

#8E29C6 #C68E29 #29C68E

tetradic

#8E29C6 #C64029 #61C629 #29AFC6

square

#8E29C6 #C64029 #61C629 #29AFC6

split-complementary

#8E29C6 #AFC629 #29C640

monochromatic

#451461 #6A1F93 #8E29C6 #AA51DB #C384E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#8E29C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#8E29C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E29C6

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E29C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E29C6	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e29c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 41, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.227 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56fd8',
    500: '#8e29c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e29c6;
$custom-light: #b56fd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e29c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.599,
    "s": 65.69,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51462,
    "c": 0.22739,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E29C6

secondary

#9ACF7C

accent

#E93F7C

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120815

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E29C6

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

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