#8C229E#8C229E

#8C229E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.199 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C229E
RGB	rgb(140, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(291, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(291, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.35, 59.13, -44.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.35, 73.92, 323.13°)
OKLab	oklab(47.75% 0.155 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(47.75% 0.199 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.5581, 9.1891, 33.1900)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C229E #349E22

analogous

#4E229E #8C229E #9E2272

triadic

#8C229E #9E8C22 #229E8C

tetradic

#8C229E #9E4E22 #349E22 #22729E

square

#8C229E #9E4E22 #349E22 #22729E

split-complementary

#8C229E #729E22 #229E4E

monochromatic

#330C39 #5F176C #8C229E #B92DD0 #CA5EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#8C229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8C229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C229E

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C229E	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#32599B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D3C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.199 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26abb',
    500: '#8c229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c229e;
$custom-light: #b26abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.29,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47746,
    "c": 0.19867,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C229E

secondary

#6AC15B

accent

#E84059

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C229E

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

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