#8A22B1#8A22B1

#8A22B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.214 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A22B1
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 177)
HSL	hsl(284, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(284, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 80.8%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.34, 62.38, -54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.34, 82.61, 319.04°)
OKLab	oklab(48.8% 0.1495 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(48.8% 0.214 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.9877, 9.7223, 42.4628)
Luminance	0.0972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A22B1 #49B122

analogous

#4222B1 #8A22B1 #B12291

triadic

#8A22B1 #B18A22 #22B18A

tetradic

#8A22B1 #B14222 #49B122 #2291B1

square

#8A22B1 #B14222 #49B122 #2291B1

split-complementary

#8A22B1 #91B122 #22B142

monochromatic

#3A0E4A #62187E #8A22B1 #AD38D9 #C26BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#8A22B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#8A22B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A22B1

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A22B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A22B1	1.00	7.13	2.94	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#145AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86456B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a22b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.214 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bc9',
    500: '#8a22b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a22b1;
$custom-light: #b16bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a22b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48798,
    "c": 0.21402,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A22B1

secondary

#81C966

accent

#EB3D6C

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A22B1

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

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