#8C229D#8C229D

#8C229D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.198 H 321.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C229D
RGB	rgb(140, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(292, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(292, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 78.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.28, 58.95, -43.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.28, 73.47, 323.36°)
OKLab	oklab(47.68% 0.1551 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(47.68% 0.198 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4724, 9.1548, 32.7385)
Luminance	0.0915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C229D #339D22

analogous

#4E229D #8C229D #9D2271

triadic

#8C229D #9D8C22 #229D8C

tetradic

#8C229D #9D4E22 #339D22 #22719D

square

#8C229D #9D4E22 #339D22 #22719D

split-complementary

#8C229D #719D22 #229D4E

monochromatic

#320C38 #5F176B #8C229D #B92DCF #CB5DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#8C229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#8C229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C229D

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C229D	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#33599A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D3B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.198 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16aba',
    500: '#8c229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c229d;
$custom-light: #b16aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.707,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47679,
    "c": 0.19784,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C229D

secondary

#68C15A

accent

#E74057

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C229D

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

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