#8C229F#8C229F

#8C229F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.200 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C229F
RGB	rgb(140, 34, 159)
HSL	hsl(291, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(291, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 78.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.41, 59.32, -44.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.41, 74.36, 322.91°)
OKLab	oklab(47.81% 0.1549 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(47.81% 0.2 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6445, 9.2237, 33.6451)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C229F #359F22

analogous

#4D229F #8C229F #9F2273

triadic

#8C229F #9F8C22 #229F8C

tetradic

#8C229F #9F4D22 #359F22 #22739F

square

#8C229F #9F4D22 #359F22 #22739F

split-complementary

#8C229F #739F22 #229F4D

monochromatic

#330C3A #60176D #8C229F #B82DD1 #CA5FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#8C229F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8C229F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C229F

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C229F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C229F	1.00	7.38	2.84	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#31599C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D3C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c229f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 34, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.200 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26abc',
    500: '#8c229f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c229f;
$custom-light: #b26abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c229f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.88,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47813,
    "c": 0.1995,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C229F

secondary

#6BC15B

accent

#E8405A

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C229F

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

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