#8A22B2#8A22B2

#8A22B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.215 H 314.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A22B2
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 178)
HSL	hsl(283, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(283, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 80.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.41, 62.58, -54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.41, 83.07, 318.88°)
OKLab	oklab(48.87% 0.1493 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(48.87% 0.215 314)
XYZ	xyz(19.0878, 9.7623, 42.9897)
Luminance	0.0976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A22B2 #4AB222

analogous

#4222B2 #8A22B2 #B22292

triadic

#8A22B2 #B28A22 #22B28A

tetradic

#8A22B2 #B24222 #4AB222 #2292B2

square

#8A22B2 #B24222 #4AB222 #2292B2

split-complementary

#8A22B2 #92B222 #22B242

monochromatic

#3A0E4B #62187F #8A22B2 #AC38D9 #C26CE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#8A22B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#8A22B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A22B2

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A22B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A22B2	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#115AAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86466B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a22b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.215 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bca',
    500: '#8a22b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a22b2;
$custom-light: #b16bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a22b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.333,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48873,
    "c": 0.21489,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.09762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A22B2

secondary

#82C967

accent

#EB3D6D

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A22B2

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

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