#8E229F#8E229F

#8E229F is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.200 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E229F
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 159)
HSL	hsl(292, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(292, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 78.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.74, 59.72, -44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.74, 74.35, 323.43°)
OKLab	oklab(48.11% 0.1573 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(48.11% 0.2 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9847, 9.3991, 33.6611)
Luminance	0.0940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E229F #339F22

analogous

#4F229F #8E229F #9F2271

triadic

#8E229F #9F8E22 #229F8E

tetradic

#8E229F #9F4F22 #339F22 #22719F

square

#8E229F #9F4F22 #339F22 #22719F

split-complementary

#8E229F #719F22 #229F4F

monochromatic

#340C3A #61176D #8E229F #BB2DD1 #CC5FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#8E229F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#8E229F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E229F

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E229F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E229F	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#345A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e229f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.200 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36bbc',
    500: '#8e229f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e229f;
$custom-light: #b36bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e229f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.84,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48111,
    "c": 0.20031,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E229F

secondary

#69C15B

accent

#E84057

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E229F

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

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