#8B22AE#8B22AE

#8B22AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.212 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B22AE
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 174)
HSL	hsl(285, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(285, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 80.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.28, 61.97, -52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.28, 81.19, 319.75°)
OKLab	oklab(48.72% 0.1514 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(48.72% 0.212 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.8582, 9.6898, 40.9131)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B22AE #45AE22

analogous

#4522AE #8B22AE #AE228B

triadic

#8B22AE #AE8B22 #22AE8B

tetradic

#8B22AE #AE4522 #45AE22 #228BAE

square

#8B22AE #AE4522 #45AE22 #228BAE

split-complementary

#8B22AE #8BAE22 #22AE45

monochromatic

#390E48 #62187B #8B22AE #AF36D8 #C369E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#8B22AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#8B22AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B22AE

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B22AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B22AE	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D5AAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b22ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.212 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bc7',
    500: '#8b22ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b22ae;
$custom-light: #b16bc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b22ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4872,
    "c": 0.21178,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B22AE

secondary

#7DC764

accent

#EA3E69

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B22AE

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

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