#8E229A#8E229A

#8E229A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.196 H 323.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E229A
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 154)
HSL	hsl(294, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(294, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 77.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.42, 58.82, -41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.42, 72.15, 324.61°)
OKLab	oklab(47.78% 0.1577 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(47.78% 0.196 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5596, 9.2290, 31.4221)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E229A #2E9A22

analogous

#52229A #8E229A #9A226A

triadic

#8E229A #9A8E22 #229A8E

tetradic

#8E229A #9A5222 #2E9A22 #226A9A

square

#8E229A #9A5222 #2E9A22 #226A9A

split-complementary

#8E229A #6A9A22 #229A52

monochromatic

#320C36 #601768 #8E229A #BC2DCC #CE5BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#8E229A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8E229A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E229A

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E229A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E229A	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#385A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90395D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e229a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.196 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36ab8',
    500: '#8e229a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e229a;
$custom-light: #b36ab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e229a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47782,
    "c": 0.19621,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E229A

secondary

#63BF58

accent

#E74152

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E229A

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

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