#8E227F#8E227F

#8E227F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.175 H 334.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E227F
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 127)
HSL	hsl(308, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(308, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 10.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.86, 54.29, -27.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.86, 60.92, 333.01°)
OKLab	oklab(46.16% 0.1579 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(46.16% 0.175 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.5583, 8.4285, 20.8820)
Luminance	0.0843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E227F #228E31

analogous

#67228E #8E227F #8E2249

triadic

#8E227F #7F8E22 #227F8E

tetradic

#8E227F #8E6722 #228E31 #22498E

square

#8E227F #8E6722 #228E31 #22498E

split-complementary

#8E227F #498E22 #228E67

monochromatic

#2B0A27 #5D1653 #8E227F #BF2EAB #D654C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#8E227F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8E227F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E227F

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E227F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E227F	1.00	7.82	2.69	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#204882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48587C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#952C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e227f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.175 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b369a4',
    500: '#8e227f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e227f;
$custom-light: #b369a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e227f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.333,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46163,
    "c": 0.17509,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E227F

secondary

#52BA60

accent

#E45A43

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E227F

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

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