#8B227B#8B227B

#8B227B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.170 H 335.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B227B
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 123)
HSL	hsl(309, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(309, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 11.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.12, 52.94, -26.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.12, 59.14, 333.54°)
OKLab	oklab(45.46% 0.1545 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(45.46% 0.17 335)
XYZ	xyz(14.7948, 8.0644, 19.5124)
Luminance	0.0806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B227B #228B32

analogous

#67228B #8B227B #8B2247

triadic

#8B227B #7B8B22 #227B8B

tetradic

#8B227B #8B6722 #228B32 #22478B

square

#8B227B #8B6722 #228B32 #22478B

split-complementary

#8B227B #478B22 #228B67

monochromatic

#290A24 #5A164F #8B227B #BC2EA7 #D553C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#8B227B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8B227B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B227B

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B227B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B227B	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21467D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b227b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.170 335.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069a1',
    500: '#8b227b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b227b;
$custom-light: #b069a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b227b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45459,
    "c": 0.17042,
    "h": 335
  },
  "luminance": 0.08063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B227B

secondary

#50B860

accent

#E45C44

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B227B

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

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