#8E229B#8E229B

#8E229B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.197 H 323.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E229B
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(294, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(294, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 78.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.48, 58.99, -42.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.48, 72.59, 324.37°)
OKLab	oklab(47.85% 0.1577 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(47.85% 0.197 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6432, 9.2625, 31.8625)
Luminance	0.0926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E229B #2F9B22

analogous

#52229B #8E229B #9B226B

triadic

#8E229B #9B8E22 #229B8E

tetradic

#8E229B #9B5222 #2F9B22 #226B9B

square

#8E229B #9B5222 #2F9B22 #226B9B

split-complementary

#8E229B #6B9B22 #229B52

monochromatic

#320C37 #601769 #8E229B #BC2DCD #CE5CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#8E229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8E229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E229B

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E229B	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#375A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.197 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36ab9',
    500: '#8e229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e229b;
$custom-light: #b36ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.554,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47847,
    "c": 0.19703,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E229B

secondary

#64C059

accent

#E74153

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E229B

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

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