#8B2285#8B2285

#8B2285 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.178 H 330.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2285
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 133)
HSL	hsl(303, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(303, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 4.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.66, 54.55, -31.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.66, 63.11, 329.81°)
OKLab	oklab(46.02% 0.155 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(46.02% 0.178 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.4531, 8.3277, 22.9793)
Luminance	0.0833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2285 #228B28

analogous

#5D228B #8B2285 #8B2251

triadic

#8B2285 #858B22 #22858B

tetradic

#8B2285 #8B5D22 #228B28 #22518B

square

#8B2285 #8B5D22 #228B28 #22518B

split-complementary

#8B2285 #518B22 #228B5D

monochromatic

#290A27 #5A1656 #8B2285 #BC2EB4 #D553CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88

#8B2285 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#8B2285 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2285

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2285	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2285	1.00	7.88	2.67	7.88
#FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#164888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425782

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2285;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.178 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069a9',
    500: '#8b2285',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2285;
$custom-light: #b069a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2285",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46022,
    "c": 0.17801,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2285

secondary

#50B856

accent

#E44D44

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2285

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

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