#8B227C#8B227C

#8B227C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.171 H 334.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B227C
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 124)
HSL	hsl(309, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(309, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 10.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.17, 53.10, -26.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.17, 59.52, 333.14°)
OKLab	oklab(45.51% 0.1545 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(45.51% 0.171 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8577, 8.0896, 19.8438)
Luminance	0.0809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B227C #228B31

analogous

#66228B #8B227C #8B2248

triadic

#8B227C #7C8B22 #227C8B

tetradic

#8B227C #8B6622 #228B31 #22488B

square

#8B227C #8B6622 #228B31 #22488B

split-complementary

#8B227C #488B22 #228B66

monochromatic

#290A24 #5A1650 #8B227C #BC2EA8 #D553C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#8B227C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8B227C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B227C

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B227C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B227C	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21477E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47567A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b227c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.171 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069a2',
    500: '#8b227c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b227c;
$custom-light: #b069a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b227c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45513,
    "c": 0.17115,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B227C

secondary

#50B85F

accent

#E45B44

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B227C

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

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