#8B227D#8B227D

#8B227D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.172 H 334.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B227D
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(308, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(308, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 10.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.22, 53.26, -27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.22, 59.91, 332.74°)
OKLab	oklab(45.57% 0.1546 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(45.57% 0.172 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.9213, 8.1150, 20.1785)
Luminance	0.0811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B227D #228B30

analogous

#65228B #8B227D #8B2249

triadic

#8B227D #7D8B22 #227D8B

tetradic

#8B227D #8B6522 #228B30 #22498B

square

#8B227D #8B6522 #228B30 #22498B

split-complementary

#8B227D #498B22 #228B65

monochromatic

#290A25 #5A1651 #8B227D #BC2EA9 #D553C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01

#8B227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8B227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B227D

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B227D	1.00	8.01	2.62	8.01
#FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20477F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46567A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.172 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069a3',
    500: '#8b227d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b227d;
$custom-light: #b069a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45568,
    "c": 0.1719,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B227D

secondary

#50B85E

accent

#E45944

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B227D

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

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