#85237C#85237C

#85237C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.167 H 332.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85237C
RGB	rgb(133, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(306, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(306, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.7%, 6.8%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.23, 51.30, -28.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.23, 58.65, 330.99°)
OKLab	oklab(44.64% 0.1471 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(44.64% 0.167 332)
XYZ	xyz(13.9120, 7.6450, 19.8078)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85237C #23852C

analogous

#5D2385 #85237C #85234B

triadic

#85237C #7C8523 #237C85

tetradic

#85237C #855D23 #23852C #234B85

square

#85237C #855D23 #23852C #234B85

split-complementary

#85237C #4B8523 #23855D

monochromatic

#240922 #55164F #85237C #B530A9 #D151C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#85237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#85237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #85237C

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##85237C	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D457E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42537A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B2E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.167 332.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac68a2',
    500: '#85237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85237c;
$custom-light: #ac68a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.51,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44637,
    "c": 0.16658,
    "h": 332
  },
  "luminance": 0.07644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85237C

secondary

#4FB558

accent

#E25546

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F5EBF3

border

#CFC6CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #85237C

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

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