#87237D#87237D

#87237D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.168 H 332.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87237D
RGB	rgb(135, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(306, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(306, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 7.4%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.64, 51.95, -28.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.64, 59.21, 331.33°)
OKLab	oklab(45.01% 0.1493 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(45.01% 0.168 332.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.2944, 7.8348, 20.1575)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87237D #23872D

analogous

#5F2387 #87237D #87234B

triadic

#87237D #7D8723 #237D87

tetradic

#87237D #875F23 #23872D #234B87

square

#87237D #875F23 #23872D #234B87

split-complementary

#87237D #4B8723 #23875F

monochromatic

#260A23 #561650 #87237D #B830AA #D252C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#87237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#87237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87237D

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87237D	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D467F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43547B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D2E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.168 332.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad68a3',
    500: '#87237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87237d;
$custom-light: #ad68a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45013,
    "c": 0.16848,
    "h": 332.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87237D

secondary

#50B65A

accent

#E25546

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #87237D

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

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