#8B228A#8B228A

#8B228A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.182 H 328.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B228A
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 138)
HSL	hsl(301, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(301, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.94, 55.39, -34.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.94, 65.19, 328.17°)
OKLab	oklab(46.32% 0.155 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(46.32% 0.182 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.8068, 8.4692, 24.8420)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B228A #228B23

analogous

#58228B #8B228A #8B2256

triadic

#8B228A #8A8B22 #228A8B

tetradic

#8B228A #8B5822 #228B23 #22568B

square

#8B228A #8B5822 #228B23 #22568B

split-complementary

#8B228A #568B22 #228B58

monochromatic

#290A28 #5A1659 #8B228A #BC2EBB #D553D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#8B228A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8B228A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B228A

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B228A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B228A	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D498D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#405787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b228a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.182 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069ac',
    500: '#8b228a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b228a;
$custom-light: #b069ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b228a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46318,
    "c": 0.18193,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B228A

secondary

#50B851

accent

#E44544

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B228A

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

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