#8B228D#8B228D

#8B228D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.184 H 327.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B228D
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 141)
HSL	hsl(299, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(299, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 75.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.12, 55.90, -35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.12, 66.46, 327.25°)
OKLab	oklab(46.5% 0.155 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(46.5% 0.184 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.0270, 8.5572, 26.0017)
Luminance	0.0856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B228D #248D22

analogous

#56228D #8B228D #8D2259

triadic

#8B228D #8D8B22 #228D8B

tetradic

#8B228D #8D5622 #248D22 #22598D

square

#8B228D #8D5622 #248D22 #22598D

split-complementary

#8B228D #598D22 #228D56

monochromatic

#2A0A2A #5A165C #8B228D #BC2EBE #D354D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#8B228D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#8B228D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B228D

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B228D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B228D	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#054A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E578A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b228d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.184 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069af',
    500: '#8b228d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b228d;
$custom-light: #b069af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b228d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.879,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.465,
    "c": 0.18433,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B228D

secondary

#53B951

accent

#E44447

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B228D

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

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