#84238B#84238B

#84238B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.178 H 325.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#84238B
RGB	rgb(132, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(296, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(296, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.93, 53.66, -36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.93, 65.00, 325.64°)
OKLab	oklab(45.38% 0.1461 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(45.38% 0.178 325)
XYZ	xyz(14.7766, 7.9726, 25.1817)
Luminance	0.0797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#84238B #2A8B23

analogous

#50238B #84238B #8B235E

triadic

#84238B #8B8423 #238B84

tetradic

#84238B #8B5023 #2A8B23 #235E8B

square

#84238B #8B5023 #2A8B23 #235E8B

split-complementary

#84238B #5E8B23 #238B50

monochromatic

#270A29 #56175A #84238B #B22FBC #CB54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.09

#84238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#84238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #84238B

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##84238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##84238B	1.00	8.09	2.59	8.09
#FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00488E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#395488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#873555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #84238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.178 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab69ad',
    500: '#84238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #84238b;
$custom-light: #ab69ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#84238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.962,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4538,
    "c": 0.17825,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.07972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#84238B

secondary

#59B852

accent

#E34550

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F5EBF4

border

#CFC6CE

text

#100710

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #84238B

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

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