#8B227A#8B227A

#8B227A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.170 H 335.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B227A
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 122)
HSL	hsl(310, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(310, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 12.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.06, 52.79, -25.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.06, 58.76, 333.95°)
OKLab	oklab(45.41% 0.1544 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(45.41% 0.17 335.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.7325, 8.0395, 19.1844)
Luminance	0.0804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B227A #228B33

analogous

#68228B #8B227A #8B2246

triadic

#8B227A #7A8B22 #227A8B

tetradic

#8B227A #8B6822 #228B33 #22468B

square

#8B227A #8B6822 #228B33 #22468B

split-complementary

#8B227A #468B22 #228B68

monochromatic

#290A24 #5A164F #8B227A #BC2EA5 #D553C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#8B227A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8B227A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B227A

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B227A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B227A	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22467C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#485678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b227a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.170 335.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069a1',
    500: '#8b227a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b227a;
$custom-light: #b069a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b227a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45405,
    "c": 0.16968,
    "h": 335.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B227A

secondary

#50B861

accent

#E45E44

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B227A

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

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