#8A229C#8A229C

#8A229C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.196 H 321.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A229C
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 156)
HSL	hsl(291, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(291, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 78.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.89, 58.36, -43.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.89, 73.03, 323.05°)
OKLab	oklab(47.31% 0.1528 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(47.31% 0.196 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.0533, 8.9486, 32.2750)
Luminance	0.0895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A229C #349C22

analogous

#4D229C #8A229C #9C2271

triadic

#8A229C #9C8A22 #229C8A

tetradic

#8A229C #9C4D22 #349C22 #22719C

square

#8A229C #9C4D22 #349C22 #22719C

split-complementary

#8A229C #719C22 #229C4D

monochromatic

#310C38 #5E176A #8A229C #B62DCE #C95DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#8A229C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#8A229C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A229C

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A229C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A229C	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#325899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B3B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a229c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.196 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06aba',
    500: '#8a229c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a229c;
$custom-light: #b06aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a229c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.148,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47313,
    "c": 0.19619,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A229C

secondary

#69C05A

accent

#E74159

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A229C

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

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