#8B227F#8B227F

#8B227F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.173 H 333.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B227F
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 127)
HSL	hsl(307, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(307, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 8.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.33, 53.57, -28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.33, 60.69, 331.97°)
OKLab	oklab(45.68% 0.1547 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(45.68% 0.173 333.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.0503, 8.1666, 20.8582)
Luminance	0.0817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B227F #228B2E

analogous

#63228B #8B227F #8B224B

triadic

#8B227F #7F8B22 #227F8B

tetradic

#8B227F #8B6322 #228B2E #224B8B

square

#8B227F #8B6322 #228B2E #224B8B

split-complementary

#8B227F #4B8B22 #228B63

monochromatic

#290A25 #5A1652 #8B227F #BC2EAC #D553C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#8B227F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#8B227F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B227F

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B227F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B227F	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E4782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45567C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b227f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.173 333.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069a4',
    500: '#8b227f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b227f;
$custom-light: #b069a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b227f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45679,
    "c": 0.1734,
    "h": 333.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B227F

secondary

#50B85C

accent

#E45644

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B227F

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

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