#8A228B#8A228B

#8A228B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.182 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A228B
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(299, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(299, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.83, 55.33, -35.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.83, 65.57, 327.55°)
OKLab	oklab(46.22% 0.1539 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(46.22% 0.182 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.7132, 8.4125, 25.2173)
Luminance	0.0841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A228B #238B22

analogous

#56228B #8A228B #8B2258

triadic

#8A228B #8B8A22 #228B8A

tetradic

#8A228B #8B5622 #238B22 #22588B

square

#8A228B #8B5622 #238B22 #22588B

split-complementary

#8A228B #588B22 #228B56

monochromatic

#280A29 #59165A #8A228B #BB2EBC #D453D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#8A228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#8A228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A228B

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A228B	1.00	7.83	2.68	7.83
#FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#09498E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.182 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069ad',
    500: '#8a228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a228b;
$custom-light: #b069ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46222,
    "c": 0.18224,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A228B

secondary

#51B850

accent

#E44445

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A228B

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

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