#8E228E#8E228E

#8E228E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.187 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E228E
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(300, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(300, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.69, 56.73, -35.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.69, 66.98, 327.88°)
OKLab	oklab(47.03% 0.1583 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(47.03% 0.187 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.6096, 8.8491, 26.4192)
Luminance	0.0885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E228E #228E22

analogous

#58228E #8E228E #8E2258

triadic

#8E228E #8E8E22 #228E8E

tetradic

#8E228E #8E5822 #228E22 #22588E

square

#8E228E #8E5822 #228E22 #22588E

split-complementary

#8E228E #588E22 #228E58

monochromatic

#2B0A2B #5D165D #8E228E #BF2EBF #D654D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#8E228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#8E228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E228E

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E228E	1.00	7.58	2.77	7.58
#FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#094B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40598B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#933357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.187 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36aaf',
    500: '#8e228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e228e;
$custom-light: #b36aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47029,
    "c": 0.18657,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E228E

secondary

#52BA52

accent

#E44343

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E228E

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

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