#83238B#83238B

#83238B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.178 H 324.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83238B
RGB	rgb(131, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(295, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(295, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.76, 53.43, -36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.76, 64.97, 325.33°)
OKLab	oklab(45.23% 0.1449 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(45.23% 0.178 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.6209, 7.8924, 25.1744)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83238B #2B8B23

analogous

#4F238B #83238B #8B235F

triadic

#83238B #8B8323 #238B83

tetradic

#83238B #8B4F23 #2B8B23 #235F8B

square

#83238B #8B4F23 #2B8B23 #235F8B

split-complementary

#83238B #5F8B23 #238B4F

monochromatic

#270A29 #55175A #83238B #B12FBC #CA54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#83238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#83238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #83238B

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##83238B	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00488E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#385389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#863555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.178 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa69ad',
    500: '#83238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83238b;
$custom-light: #aa69ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45228,
    "c": 0.17778,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83238B

secondary

#5AB852

accent

#E34551

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4EBF4

border

#CEC6CE

text

#100710

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #83238B

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

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