#8A227B#8A227B

#8A227B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.170 H 334.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A227B
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 123)
HSL	hsl(309, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(309, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 10.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.94, 52.70, -26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.94, 59.05, 333.18°)
OKLab	oklab(45.3% 0.1534 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(45.3% 0.17 334.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.6286, 7.9787, 19.5046)
Luminance	0.0798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A227B #228A31

analogous

#65228A #8A227B #8A2247

triadic

#8A227B #7B8A22 #227B8A

tetradic

#8A227B #8A6522 #228A31 #22478A

square

#8A227B #8A6522 #228A31 #22478A

split-complementary

#8A227B #478A22 #228A65

monochromatic

#280A23 #59164F #8A227B #BB2EA7 #D452C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.09

#8A227B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8A227B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A227B

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A227B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A227B	1.00	8.09	2.60	8.09
#FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21467D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a227b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.170 334.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b068a1',
    500: '#8a227b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a227b;
$custom-light: #b068a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a227b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.654,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45297,
    "c": 0.16983,
    "h": 334.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A227B

secondary

#50B85F

accent

#E45B44

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A227B

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

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