#83237E#83237E

#83237E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.167 H 330.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83237E
RGB	rgb(131, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(303, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(303, 73%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 3.8%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.99, 51.15, -30.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.99, 59.34, 329.53°)
OKLab	oklab(44.44% 0.145 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(44.44% 0.167 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.7269, 7.5348, 20.4660)
Luminance	0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83237E #238328

analogous

#582383 #83237E #83234E

triadic

#83237E #7E8323 #237E83

tetradic

#83237E #835823 #238328 #234E83

square

#83237E #835823 #238328 #234E83

split-complementary

#83237E #4E8323 #238358

monochromatic

#220921 #531650 #83237E #B330AC #D050CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#83237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#83237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #83237E

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##83237E	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#194581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F527C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#882F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.167 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa68a4',
    500: '#83237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83237e;
$custom-light: #aa68a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.125,
    "s": 57.831,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44435,
    "c": 0.16705,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83237E

secondary

#4EB453

accent

#E14F47

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#10070F

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #83237E

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

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