#85237D#85237D

#85237D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.167 H 331.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85237D
RGB	rgb(133, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(305, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(305, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.7%, 6%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.29, 51.46, -28.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.29, 59.06, 330.61°)
OKLab	oklab(44.69% 0.1471 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(44.69% 0.167 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.9756, 7.6704, 20.1425)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85237D #23852B

analogous

#5C2385 #85237D #85234C

triadic

#85237D #7D8523 #237D85

tetradic

#85237D #855C23 #23852B #234C85

square

#85237D #855C23 #23852B #234C85

split-complementary

#85237D #4C8523 #23855C

monochromatic

#240922 #55164F #85237D #B530AB #D151C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#85237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#85237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #85237D

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##85237D	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C467F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42537B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B2E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.167 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac68a3',
    500: '#85237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85237d;
$custom-light: #ac68a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.898,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44694,
    "c": 0.16736,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85237D

secondary

#4FB557

accent

#E25346

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F5EBF4

border

#CFC6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #85237D

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

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