#87237F#87237F

#87237F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.170 H 331.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87237F
RGB	rgb(135, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(305, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(305, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 5.9%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.75, 52.28, -29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.75, 60.02, 330.57°)
OKLab	oklab(45.13% 0.1494 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(45.13% 0.17 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.4235, 7.8864, 20.8371)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87237F #23872B

analogous

#5D2387 #87237F #87234D

triadic

#87237F #7F8723 #237F87

tetradic

#87237F #875D23 #23872B #234D87

square

#87237F #875D23 #23872B #234D87

split-complementary

#87237F #4D8723 #23875D

monochromatic

#260A24 #561651 #87237F #B830AD #D252C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#87237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#87237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87237F

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87237F	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42547D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D2F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.170 331.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.8,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45126,
    "c": 0.17004,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87237F

secondary

#50B658

accent

#E25246

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #87237F

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

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