#8E227D#8E227D

#8E227D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.174 H 335.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E227D
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(309, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(309, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 12%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.76, 53.98, -26.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.76, 60.16, 333.80°)
OKLab	oklab(46.05% 0.1577 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(46.05% 0.174 335.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.4292, 8.3769, 20.2024)
Luminance	0.0838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E227D #228E33

analogous

#69228E #8E227D #8E2247

triadic

#8E227D #7D8E22 #227D8E

tetradic

#8E227D #8E6922 #228E33 #22478E

square

#8E227D #8E6922 #228E33 #22478E

split-complementary

#8E227D #478E22 #228E69

monochromatic

#2B0A26 #5D1652 #8E227D #BF2EA8 #D654C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85

#8E227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#8E227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E227D

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E227D	1.00	7.85	2.68	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22477F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49577A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#952B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.174 335.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b369a3',
    500: '#8e227d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e227d;
$custom-light: #b369a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.444,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46054,
    "c": 0.17363,
    "h": 335.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E227D

secondary

#52BA62

accent

#E45D43

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E227D

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

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