#8E229D#8E229D

#8E229D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.199 H 322.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E229D
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(293, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(293, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 78.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.61, 59.35, -43.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.61, 73.47, 323.89°)
OKLab	oklab(47.98% 0.1575 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(47.98% 0.199 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8125, 9.3302, 32.7544)
Luminance	0.0933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E229D #319D22

analogous

#51229D #8E229D #9D226E

triadic

#8E229D #9D8E22 #229D8E

tetradic

#8E229D #9D5122 #319D22 #226E9D

square

#8E229D #9D5122 #319D22 #226E9D

split-complementary

#8E229D #6E9D22 #229D51

monochromatic

#330C38 #61176B #8E229D #BB2DCF #CD5DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#8E229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#8E229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E229D

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E229D	1.00	7.33	2.87	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.199 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36aba',
    500: '#8e229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e229d;
$custom-light: #b36aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.683,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47978,
    "c": 0.19866,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E229D

secondary

#67C15A

accent

#E74055

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E229D

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

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