#8B22B2#8B22B2

#8B22B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.215 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B22B2
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 178)
HSL	hsl(284, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(284, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 80.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.57, 62.75, -54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.57, 83.03, 319.09°)
OKLab	oklab(49.01% 0.1506 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(49.01% 0.215 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2540, 9.8481, 42.9975)
Luminance	0.0985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B22B2 #49B222

analogous

#4322B2 #8B22B2 #B22291

triadic

#8B22B2 #B28B22 #22B28B

tetradic

#8B22B2 #B24322 #49B222 #2291B2

square

#8B22B2 #B24322 #49B222 #2291B2

split-complementary

#8B22B2 #91B222 #22B243

monochromatic

#3B0E4B #63187F #8B22B2 #AD38D9 #C36CE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#8B22B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#8B22B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B22B2

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B22B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B22B2	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#145BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87456B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b22b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.215 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26bca',
    500: '#8b22b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b22b2;
$custom-light: #b26bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b22b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.75,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49013,
    "c": 0.2152,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B22B2

secondary

#81C967

accent

#EB3D6C

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B22B2

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

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