#8B22B1#8B22B1

#8B22B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.214 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B22B1
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 177)
HSL	hsl(284, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(284, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 80.8%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.50, 62.56, -53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.50, 82.57, 319.25°)
OKLab	oklab(48.94% 0.1508 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(48.94% 0.214 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.1540, 9.8081, 42.4706)
Luminance	0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B22B1 #48B122

analogous

#4422B1 #8B22B1 #B12290

triadic

#8B22B1 #B18B22 #22B18B

tetradic

#8B22B1 #B14422 #48B122 #2290B1

square

#8B22B1 #B14422 #48B122 #2290B1

split-complementary

#8B22B1 #90B122 #22B144

monochromatic

#3A0E4A #63187E #8B22B1 #AE38D9 #C36BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#8B22B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#8B22B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B22B1

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B22B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B22B1	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#175BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88456B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b22b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.214 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26bc9',
    500: '#8b22b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b22b1;
$custom-light: #b26bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b22b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.056,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48939,
    "c": 0.21435,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B22B1

secondary

#80C966

accent

#EB3D6B

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B22B1

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

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