#8B229E#8B229E

#8B229E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.198 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B229E
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(291, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(291, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.18, 58.93, -44.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.18, 73.92, 322.87°)
OKLab	oklab(47.6% 0.1538 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(47.6% 0.198 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3903, 9.1026, 33.1821)
Luminance	0.0910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B229E #359E22

analogous

#4D229E #8B229E #9E2273

triadic

#8B229E #9E8B22 #229E8B

tetradic

#8B229E #9E4D22 #359E22 #22739E

square

#8B229E #9E4D22 #359E22 #22739E

split-complementary

#8B229E #739E22 #229E4D

monochromatic

#320C39 #5F176C #8B229E #B72DD0 #C95EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#8B229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#8B229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B229E

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B229E	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#31599B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.198 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16abb',
    500: '#8b229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b229e;
$custom-light: #b16abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.806,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47597,
    "c": 0.19826,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B229E

secondary

#6AC15B

accent

#E8405A

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B229E

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

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