#8B229C#8B229C

#8B229C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.197 H 321.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B229C
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 156)
HSL	hsl(292, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(292, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 78.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.05, 58.57, -43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.05, 73.03, 323.32°)
OKLab	oklab(47.46% 0.154 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(47.46% 0.197 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2196, 9.0343, 32.2828)
Luminance	0.0903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B229C #339C22

analogous

#4E229C #8B229C #9C2270

triadic

#8B229C #9C8B22 #229C8B

tetradic

#8B229C #9C4E22 #339C22 #22709C

square

#8B229C #9C4E22 #339C22 #22709C

split-complementary

#8B229C #709C22 #229C4E

monochromatic

#310C38 #5E176A #8B229C #B82DCE #CA5DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.48

#8B229C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#8B229C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B229C

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B229C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B229C	1.00	7.48	2.81	7.48
#FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#335999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b229c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.197 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16aba',
    500: '#8b229c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b229c;
$custom-light: #b16aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b229c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.639,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47462,
    "c": 0.1966,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B229C

secondary

#68C05A

accent

#E74158

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B229C

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

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