#8A229D#8A229D

#8A229D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.197 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A229D
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(291, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(291, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 78.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.95, 58.55, -44.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.95, 73.48, 322.83°)
OKLab	oklab(47.38% 0.1527 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(47.38% 0.197 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.1384, 8.9826, 32.7228)
Luminance	0.0898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A229D #359D22

analogous

#4D229D #8A229D #9D2272

triadic

#8A229D #9D8A22 #229D8A

tetradic

#8A229D #9D4D22 #359D22 #22729D

square

#8A229D #9D4D22 #359D22 #22729D

split-complementary

#8A229D #729D22 #229D4D

monochromatic

#320C38 #5E176B #8A229D #B62DCF #C85DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#8A229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#8A229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A229D

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A229D	1.00	7.51	2.80	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#31589A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B3C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.197 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06aba',
    500: '#8a229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a229d;
$custom-light: #b06aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.732,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47381,
    "c": 0.19703,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A229D

secondary

#6AC15A

accent

#E7405A

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A229D

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

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