#8B229F#8B229F

#8B229F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.199 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B229F
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 159)
HSL	hsl(290, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(290, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 78.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.25, 59.12, -45.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.25, 74.37, 322.65°)
OKLab	oklab(47.66% 0.1537 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(47.66% 0.199 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4767, 9.1372, 33.6373)
Luminance	0.0914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B229F #369F22

analogous

#4C229F #8B229F #9F2274

triadic

#8B229F #9F8B22 #229F8B

tetradic

#8B229F #9F4C22 #369F22 #22749F

square

#8B229F #9F4C22 #369F22 #22749F

split-complementary

#8B229F #749F22 #229F4C

monochromatic

#330C3A #5F176D #8B229F #B72DD1 #C95FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#8B229F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#8B229F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B229F

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B229F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B229F	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30599C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b229f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.199 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16abc',
    500: '#8b229f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b229f;
$custom-light: #b16abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b229f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.4,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47664,
    "c": 0.1991,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B229F

secondary

#6CC15B

accent

#E8405B

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B229F

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

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