#8A227A#8A227A

#8A227A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.169 H 335.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A227A
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 122)
HSL	hsl(309, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(309, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 11.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.89, 52.54, -26.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.89, 58.67, 333.59°)
OKLab	oklab(45.24% 0.1533 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(45.24% 0.169 335.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.5663, 7.9538, 19.1767)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A227A #228A32

analogous

#66228A #8A227A #8A2246

triadic

#8A227A #7A8A22 #227A8A

tetradic

#8A227A #8A6622 #228A32 #22468A

square

#8A227A #8A6622 #228A32 #22468A

split-complementary

#8A227A #468A22 #228A66

monochromatic

#280A23 #59164F #8A227A #BB2EA5 #D452C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#8A227A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8A227A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A227A

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A227A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A227A	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22467C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a227a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.169 335.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b068a1',
    500: '#8a227a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a227a;
$custom-light: #b068a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a227a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.231,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45242,
    "c": 0.16909,
    "h": 335.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A227A

secondary

#50B860

accent

#E45D44

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A227A

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

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