#8E228C#8E228C

#8E228C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.185 H 328.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E228C
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 140)
HSL	hsl(301, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(301, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 1.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.58, 56.39, -34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.58, 66.15, 328.49°)
OKLab	oklab(46.91% 0.1583 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(46.91% 0.185 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.4608, 8.7895, 25.6354)
Luminance	0.0879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E228C #228E24

analogous

#5A228E #8E228C #8E2256

triadic

#8E228C #8C8E22 #228C8E

tetradic

#8E228C #8E5A22 #228E24 #22568E

square

#8E228C #8E5A22 #228E24 #22568E

split-complementary

#8E228C #568E22 #228E5A

monochromatic

#2B0A2B #5D165B #8E228C #BF2EBD #D654D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62

#8E228C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#8E228C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E228C

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E228C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E228C	1.00	7.62	2.76	7.62
#FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E4B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#415989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e228c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.185 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36aae',
    500: '#8e228c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e228c;
$custom-light: #b36aae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e228c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.111,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46908,
    "c": 0.18501,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E228C

secondary

#52BA54

accent

#E44643

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E228C

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

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