#8E228D#8E228D

#8E228D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.186 H 328.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E228D
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 141)
HSL	hsl(301, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(301, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.63, 56.56, -35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.63, 66.56, 328.18°)
OKLab	oklab(46.97% 0.1583 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(46.97% 0.186 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5349, 8.8192, 26.0255)
Luminance	0.0882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E228D #228E23

analogous

#59228E #8E228D #8E2257

triadic

#8E228D #8D8E22 #228D8E

tetradic

#8E228D #8E5922 #228E23 #22578E

square

#8E228D #8E5922 #228E23 #22578E

split-complementary

#8E228D #578E22 #228E59

monochromatic

#2B0A2B #5D165C #8E228D #BF2EBE #D654D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#8E228D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#8E228D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E228D

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E228D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E228D	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B4B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41598A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933356

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e228d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.186 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36aaf',
    500: '#8e228d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e228d;
$custom-light: #b36aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e228d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46968,
    "c": 0.1858,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E228D

secondary

#52BA53

accent

#E44543

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E228D

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

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