#8B22A6#8B22A6

#8B22A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.205 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B22A6
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 166)
HSL	hsl(288, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(288, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 79.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.72, 60.43, -48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.72, 77.54, 321.21°)
OKLab	oklab(48.15% 0.1528 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(48.15% 0.205 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1015, 9.3870, 36.9274)
Luminance	0.0939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B22A6 #3DA622

analogous

#4922A6 #8B22A6 #A6227F

triadic

#8B22A6 #A68B22 #22A68B

tetradic

#8B22A6 #A64922 #3DA622 #227FA6

square

#8B22A6 #A64922 #3DA622 #227FA6

split-complementary

#8B22A6 #7FA622 #22A649

monochromatic

#360D40 #601873 #8B22A6 #B330D5 #C663DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#8B22A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#8B22A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B22A6

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B22A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B22A6	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#285AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b22a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.205 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16ac1',
    500: '#8b22a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b22a6;
$custom-light: #b16ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b22a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.727,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48148,
    "c": 0.20499,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B22A6

secondary

#74C45F

accent

#E93F62

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B22A6

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

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