#8E228B#8E228B

#8E228B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.184 H 329.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E228B
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(302, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(302, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 2.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.52, 56.23, -34.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.52, 65.73, 328.80°)
OKLab	oklab(46.85% 0.1583 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(46.85% 0.184 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.3874, 8.7602, 25.2489)
Luminance	0.0876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E228B #228E25

analogous

#5B228E #8E228B #8E2255

triadic

#8E228B #8B8E22 #228B8E

tetradic

#8E228B #8E5B22 #228E25 #22558E

square

#8E228B #8E5B22 #228E25 #22558E

split-complementary

#8E228B #558E22 #228E5B

monochromatic

#2B0A2A #5D165B #8E228B #BF2EBB #D654D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#8E228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#8E228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E228B

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E228B	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#104A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.184 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36aad',
    500: '#8e228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e228b;
$custom-light: #b36aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.667,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46848,
    "c": 0.18422,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E228B

secondary

#52BA55

accent

#E44843

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E228B

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

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