#8A22B4#8A22B4

#8A22B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.217 H 313.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A22B4
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 180)
HSL	hsl(283, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(283, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 81.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.56, 62.97, -55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.56, 83.99, 318.57°)
OKLab	oklab(49.02% 0.1489 -0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(49.02% 0.217 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2900, 9.8433, 44.0550)
Luminance	0.0984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A22B4 #4CB422

analogous

#4122B4 #8A22B4 #B42295

triadic

#8A22B4 #B48A22 #22B48A

tetradic

#8A22B4 #B44122 #4CB422 #2295B4

square

#8A22B4 #B44122 #4CB422 #2295B4

split-complementary

#8A22B4 #95B422 #22B441

monochromatic

#3B0F4D #631881 #8A22B4 #AC3ADA #C16DE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#8A22B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#8A22B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A22B4

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A22B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A22B4	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A5BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85476C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a22b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.217 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bcb',
    500: '#8a22b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a22b4;
$custom-light: #b16bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a22b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.74,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49022,
    "c": 0.2166,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A22B4

secondary

#84CA68

accent

#EB3D6F

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A22B4

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

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