#87237A#87237A

#87237A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.166 H 333.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87237A
RGB	rgb(135, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(308, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(308, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 9.6%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.48, 51.46, -26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.48, 58.01, 332.51°)
OKLab	oklab(44.85% 0.1491 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(44.85% 0.166 333.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.1057, 7.7593, 19.1634)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87237A #238730

analogous

#622387 #87237A #872348

triadic

#87237A #7A8723 #237A87

tetradic

#87237A #876223 #238730 #234887

square

#87237A #876223 #238730 #234887

split-complementary

#87237A #488723 #238762

monochromatic

#260A22 #56164E #87237A #B830A6 #D252C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#87237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#87237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87237A

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87237A	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20457C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D2C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.166 333.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad68a1',
    500: '#87237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87237a;
$custom-light: #ad68a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.8,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44846,
    "c": 0.16618,
    "h": 333.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87237A

secondary

#50B65D

accent

#E25A46

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #87237A

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

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