#8E229C#8E229C

#8E229C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.198 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E229C
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 156)
HSL	hsl(293, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(293, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 78.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.55, 59.17, -42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.55, 73.03, 324.13°)
OKLab	oklab(47.91% 0.1576 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(47.91% 0.198 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7275, 9.2962, 32.3066)
Luminance	0.0930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E229C #309C22

analogous

#51229C #8E229C #9C226D

triadic

#8E229C #9C8E22 #229C8E

tetradic

#8E229C #9C5122 #309C22 #226D9C

square

#8E229C #9C5122 #309C22 #226D9C

split-complementary

#8E229C #6D9C22 #229C51

monochromatic

#330C38 #60176A #8E229C #BC2DCE #CD5DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#8E229C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#8E229C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E229C

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E229C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E229C	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e229c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.198 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36aba',
    500: '#8e229c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e229c;
$custom-light: #b36aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e229c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.115,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47913,
    "c": 0.19785,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E229C

secondary

#65C05A

accent

#E74154

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E229C

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

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