#8A227C#8A227C

#8A227C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.171 H 334.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A227C
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 124)
HSL	hsl(308, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(308, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 10.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.99, 52.86, -27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.99, 59.44, 332.78°)
OKLab	oklab(45.35% 0.1535 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(45.35% 0.171 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.6915, 8.0038, 19.8360)
Luminance	0.0800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A227C #228A30

analogous

#64228A #8A227C #8A2248

triadic

#8A227C #7C8A22 #227C8A

tetradic

#8A227C #8A6422 #228A30 #22488A

square

#8A227C #8A6422 #228A30 #22488A

split-complementary

#8A227C #488A22 #228A64

monochromatic

#280A24 #591650 #8A227C #BB2EA8 #D452C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#8A227C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8A227C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A227C

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A227C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A227C	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20467E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46557A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a227c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.171 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b068a2',
    500: '#8a227c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a227c;
$custom-light: #b068a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a227c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.077,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45352,
    "c": 0.17058,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A227C

secondary

#50B85E

accent

#E45A44

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A227C

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

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