#8B228E#8B228E

#8B228E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.185 H 326.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B228E
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(298, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(298, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.18, 56.07, -36.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.18, 66.89, 326.96°)
OKLab	oklab(46.56% 0.155 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(46.56% 0.185 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.1017, 8.5871, 26.3953)
Luminance	0.0859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B228E #258E22

analogous

#55228E #8B228E #8E225B

triadic

#8B228E #8E8B22 #228E8B

tetradic

#8B228E #8E5522 #258E22 #225B8E

square

#8B228E #8E5522 #258E22 #225B8E

split-complementary

#8B228E #5B8E22 #228E55

monochromatic

#2A0A2B #5B165D #8B228E #BB2EBF #D354D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#8B228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#8B228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B228E

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B228E	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#024A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D578B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.185 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069af',
    500: '#8b228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b228e;
$custom-light: #b069af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.333,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46562,
    "c": 0.18513,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B228E

secondary

#55BA52

accent

#E44348

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF5

border

#D0C7CF

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B228E

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

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