#8A229E#8A229E

#8A229E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.198 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A229E
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(290, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(290, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.02, 58.73, -44.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.02, 73.93, 322.61°)
OKLab	oklab(47.45% 0.1526 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(47.45% 0.198 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2241, 9.0169, 33.1743)
Luminance	0.0902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A229E #369E22

analogous

#4C229E #8A229E #9E2274

triadic

#8A229E #9E8A22 #229E8A

tetradic

#8A229E #9E4C22 #369E22 #22749E

square

#8A229E #9E4C22 #369E22 #22749E

split-complementary

#8A229E #749E22 #229E4C

monochromatic

#320C39 #5E176C #8A229E #B62DD0 #C85EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.49

#8A229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#8A229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A229E

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A229E	1.00	7.49	2.80	7.49
#FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30589B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B3C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.198 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06abb',
    500: '#8a229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a229e;
$custom-light: #b06abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.323,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47448,
    "c": 0.19786,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A229E

secondary

#6BC15B

accent

#E8405B

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A229E

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

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