#87237E#87237E

#87237E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.169 H 332.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87237E
RGB	rgb(135, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(305, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(305, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 6.7%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.69, 52.11, -28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.69, 59.61, 330.95°)
OKLab	oklab(45.07% 0.1494 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(45.07% 0.169 332)
XYZ	xyz(14.3586, 7.8605, 20.4956)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87237E #23872C

analogous

#5E2387 #87237E #87234C

triadic

#87237E #7E8723 #237E87

tetradic

#87237E #875E23 #23872C #234C87

square

#87237E #875E23 #23872C #234C87

split-complementary

#87237E #4C8723 #23875E

monochromatic

#260A23 #561651 #87237E #B830AB #D252C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#87237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#87237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87237E

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87237E	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C4681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43547C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D2E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.169 332.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad69a4',
    500: '#87237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87237e;
$custom-light: #ad69a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.4,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45069,
    "c": 0.16926,
    "h": 332
  },
  "luminance": 0.07859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87237E

secondary

#50B659

accent

#E25446

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #87237E

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

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