#8A227D#8A227D

#8A227D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.171 H 333.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A227D
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(308, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(308, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 9.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.04, 53.02, -27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.04, 59.83, 332.39°)
OKLab	oklab(45.41% 0.1536 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(45.41% 0.171 333.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.7550, 8.0293, 20.1708)
Luminance	0.0803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A227D #228A2F

analogous

#63228A #8A227D #8A2249

triadic

#8A227D #7D8A22 #227D8A

tetradic

#8A227D #8A6322 #228A2F #22498A

square

#8A227D #8A6322 #228A2F #22498A

split-complementary

#8A227D #498A22 #228A63

monochromatic

#280A24 #591651 #8A227D #BB2EA9 #D452C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#8A227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8A227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A227D

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A227D	1.00	8.06	2.61	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F467F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45557B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.171 333.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069a3',
    500: '#8a227d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a227d;
$custom-light: #b069a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45407,
    "c": 0.17133,
    "h": 333.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A227D

secondary

#50B85D

accent

#E45844

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A227D

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

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