#8B22A0#8B22A0

#8B22A0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.200 H 320.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B22A0
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 160)
HSL	hsl(290, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(290, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 78.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.31, 59.31, -45.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.31, 74.82, 322.43°)
OKLab	oklab(47.73% 0.1536 -0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(47.73% 0.2 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5639, 9.1720, 34.0961)
Luminance	0.0917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B22A0 #37A022

analogous

#4C22A0 #8B22A0 #A02276

triadic

#8B22A0 #A08B22 #22A08B

tetradic

#8B22A0 #A04C22 #37A022 #2276A0

square

#8B22A0 #A04C22 #37A022 #2276A0

split-complementary

#8B22A0 #76A022 #22A04C

monochromatic

#330D3B #5F176E #8B22A0 #B72DD2 #C85FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.41

#8B22A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#8B22A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B22A0

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B22A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B22A0	1.00	7.41	2.83	7.41
#FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F599D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B3D61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b22a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.200 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16abd',
    500: '#8b22a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b22a0;
$custom-light: #b16abd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b22a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47733,
    "c": 0.19994,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B22A0

secondary

#6DC25C

accent

#E8405C

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B22A0

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

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