#8A22A9#8A22A9

#8A22A9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.207 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A22A9
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 169)
HSL	hsl(286, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(286, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 79.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.77, 60.82, -50.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.77, 78.93, 320.40°)
OKLab	oklab(48.22% 0.151 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(48.22% 0.207 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.2136, 9.4127, 38.3859)
Luminance	0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A22A9 #41A922

analogous

#4622A9 #8A22A9 #A92285

triadic

#8A22A9 #A98A22 #22A98A

tetradic

#8A22A9 #A94622 #41A922 #2285A9

square

#8A22A9 #A94622 #41A922 #2285A9

split-complementary

#8A22A9 #85A922 #22A946

monochromatic

#370D43 #601876 #8A22A9 #B032D6 #C465E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#8A22A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#8A22A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A22A9

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A22A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A22A9	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2359A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a22a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.207 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ac3',
    500: '#8a22a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a22a9;
$custom-light: #b06ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a22a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.222,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48216,
    "c": 0.20717,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A22A9

secondary

#78C561

accent

#E93E66

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A22A9

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

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