#8B22A9#8B22A9

#8B22A9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.208 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B22A9
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 169)
HSL	hsl(287, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(287, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 79.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.93, 61.01, -50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.93, 78.90, 320.64°)
OKLab	oklab(48.36% 0.1523 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(48.36% 0.208 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3799, 9.4984, 38.3936)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B22A9 #40A922

analogous

#4822A9 #8B22A9 #A92283

triadic

#8B22A9 #A98B22 #22A98B

tetradic

#8B22A9 #A94822 #40A922 #2283A9

square

#8B22A9 #A94822 #40A922 #2283A9

split-complementary

#8B22A9 #83A922 #22A948

monochromatic

#370D43 #611876 #8B22A9 #B232D6 #C565E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#8B22A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#8B22A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B22A9

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B22A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B22A9	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#255AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b22a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.208 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bc3',
    500: '#8b22a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b22a9;
$custom-light: #b16bc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b22a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4836,
    "c": 0.20753,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B22A9

secondary

#78C561

accent

#E93E64

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B22A9

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

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