#85237E#85237E

#85237E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.168 H 331.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85237E
RGB	rgb(133, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(304, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(304, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.7%, 5.3%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.34, 51.63, -29.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.34, 59.47, 330.24°)
OKLab	oklab(44.75% 0.1472 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(44.75% 0.168 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.0398, 7.6961, 20.4807)
Luminance	0.0770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85237E #23852A

analogous

#5B2385 #85237E #85234D

triadic

#85237E #7E8523 #237E85

tetradic

#85237E #855B23 #23852A #234D85

square

#85237E #855B23 #23852A #234D85

split-complementary

#85237E #4D8523 #23855B

monochromatic

#240922 #551650 #85237E #B530AC #D151C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#85237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#85237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #85237E

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##85237E	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41537C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A2F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.168 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac68a4',
    500: '#85237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85237e;
$custom-light: #ac68a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44751,
    "c": 0.16815,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85237E

secondary

#4FB556

accent

#E25146

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F5EBF4

border

#CFC6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #85237E

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

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