#8B22B4#8B22B4

#8B22B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.217 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B22B4
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 180)
HSL	hsl(283, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(283, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 81.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.71, 63.15, -55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.71, 83.95, 318.78°)
OKLab	oklab(49.16% 0.1502 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(49.16% 0.217 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4563, 9.9290, 44.0628)
Luminance	0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B22B4 #4BB422

analogous

#4222B4 #8B22B4 #B42294

triadic

#8B22B4 #B48B22 #22B48B

tetradic

#8B22B4 #B44222 #4BB422 #2294B4

square

#8B22B4 #B44222 #4BB422 #2294B4

split-complementary

#8B22B4 #94B422 #22B442

monochromatic

#3B0F4D #631881 #8B22B4 #AD3ADA #C26DE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#8B22B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#8B22B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B22B4

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B22B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B22B4	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E5BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87466C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b22b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.217 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26bcb',
    500: '#8b22b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b22b4;
$custom-light: #b26bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b22b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.151,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49161,
    "c": 0.21692,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B22B4

secondary

#84CA68

accent

#EB3D6E

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B22B4

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

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