#8B229D#8B229D

#8B229D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.197 H 321.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B229D
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(291, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(291, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 78.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.12, 58.75, -44.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.12, 73.47, 323.09°)
OKLab	oklab(47.53% 0.1539 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(47.53% 0.197 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3046, 9.0683, 32.7306)
Luminance	0.0907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B229D #349D22

analogous

#4E229D #8B229D #9D2271

triadic

#8B229D #9D8B22 #229D8B

tetradic

#8B229D #9D4E22 #349D22 #22719D

square

#8B229D #9D4E22 #349D22 #22719D

split-complementary

#8B229D #719D22 #229D4E

monochromatic

#320C38 #5E176B #8B229D #B82DCF #C95DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#8B229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#8B229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B229D

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B229D	1.00	7.46	2.81	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#32599A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.197 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16aba',
    500: '#8b229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b229d;
$custom-light: #b16aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.22,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47529,
    "c": 0.19743,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B229D

secondary

#69C15A

accent

#E74059

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B229D

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

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