#8A227F#8A227F

#8A227F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.173 H 332.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A227F
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 127)
HSL	hsl(306, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(306, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.15, 53.34, -28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.15, 60.62, 331.62°)
OKLab	oklab(45.52% 0.1537 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(45.52% 0.173 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.8841, 8.0809, 20.8504)
Luminance	0.0808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A227F #228A2D

analogous

#61228A #8A227F #8A224B

triadic

#8A227F #7F8A22 #227F8A

tetradic

#8A227F #8A6122 #228A2D #224B8A

square

#8A227F #8A6122 #228A2D #224B8A

split-complementary

#8A227F #4B8A22 #228A61

monochromatic

#280A25 #591652 #8A227F #BB2EAC #D452C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#8A227F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8A227F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A227F

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A227F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A227F	1.00	8.03	2.62	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D4782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45567C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#902D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a227f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.173 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069a4',
    500: '#8a227f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a227f;
$custom-light: #b069a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a227f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.346,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45519,
    "c": 0.17285,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A227F

secondary

#50B85B

accent

#E45544

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A227F

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

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