#8B228F#8B228F

#8B228F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.186 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B228F
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 143)
HSL	hsl(298, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(298, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 76.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.24, 56.24, -36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.24, 67.32, 326.67°)
OKLab	oklab(46.62% 0.1549 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(46.62% 0.186 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.1771, 8.6173, 26.7925)
Luminance	0.0862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B228F #268F22

analogous

#54228F #8B228F #8F225D

triadic

#8B228F #8F8B22 #228F8B

tetradic

#8B228F #8F5422 #268F22 #225D8F

square

#8B228F #8F5422 #268F22 #225D8F

split-complementary

#8B228F #5D8F22 #228F54

monochromatic

#2B0A2C #5B165E #8B228F #BB2EC0 #D255D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#8B228F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#8B228F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B228F

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B228F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B228F	1.00	7.71	2.72	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D578C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b228f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.186 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069b0',
    500: '#8b228f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b228f;
$custom-light: #b069b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b228f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.798,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46624,
    "c": 0.18593,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B228F

secondary

#56BA52

accent

#E54349

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF5

border

#D0C7CF

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B228F

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

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