#8A227E#8A227E

#8A227E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.172 H 333.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A227E
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(307, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(307, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 8.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.10, 53.18, -28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.10, 60.22, 332.00°)
OKLab	oklab(45.46% 0.1536 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(45.46% 0.172 333.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.8192, 8.0549, 20.5089)
Luminance	0.0805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A227E #228A2E

analogous

#62228A #8A227E #8A224A

triadic

#8A227E #7E8A22 #227E8A

tetradic

#8A227E #8A6222 #228A2E #224A8A

square

#8A227E #8A6222 #228A2E #224A8A

split-complementary

#8A227E #4A8A22 #228A62

monochromatic

#280A24 #591651 #8A227E #BB2EAB #D452C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#8A227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8A227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A227E

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A227E	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E4781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45557C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#902D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.172 333.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069a4',
    500: '#8a227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a227e;
$custom-light: #b069a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.923,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45462,
    "c": 0.17209,
    "h": 333.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A227E

secondary

#50B85C

accent

#E45744

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A227E

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

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