#8C22A6#8C22A6

#8C22A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.205 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C22A6
RGB	rgb(140, 34, 166)
HSL	hsl(288, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(288, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 79.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.88, 60.62, -48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.88, 77.52, 321.45°)
OKLab	oklab(48.29% 0.154 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(48.29% 0.205 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.2692, 9.4736, 36.9353)
Luminance	0.0947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C22A6 #3CA622

analogous

#4A22A6 #8C22A6 #A6227E

triadic

#8C22A6 #A68C22 #22A68C

tetradic

#8C22A6 #A64A22 #3CA622 #227EA6

square

#8C22A6 #A64A22 #3CA622 #227EA6

split-complementary

#8C22A6 #7EA622 #22A64A

monochromatic

#360D40 #611873 #8C22A6 #B430D5 #C763DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#8C22A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#8C22A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C22A6

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C22A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C22A6	1.00	7.25	2.89	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A5AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c22a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 34, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.205 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26bc1',
    500: '#8c22a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c22a6;
$custom-light: #b26bc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c22a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.182,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48293,
    "c": 0.20536,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C22A6

secondary

#73C45F

accent

#E93F60

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C22A6

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

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