#87238B#87238B

#87238B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.180 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87238B
RGB	rgb(135, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(298, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(298, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.43, 54.33, -35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.43, 65.09, 326.58°)
OKLab	oklab(45.84% 0.1496 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(45.84% 0.18 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.2526, 8.2181, 25.2040)
Luminance	0.0822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87238B #278B23

analogous

#53238B #87238B #8B235B

triadic

#87238B #8B8723 #238B87

tetradic

#87238B #8B5323 #278B23 #235B8B

square

#87238B #8B5323 #278B23 #235B8B

split-complementary

#87238B #5B8B23 #238B53

monochromatic

#280A29 #58175A #87238B #B62FBC #CF54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#87238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#87238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87238B

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87238B	1.00	7.94	2.64	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#06498E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B3455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.180 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad69ad',
    500: '#87238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87238b;
$custom-light: #ad69ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.692,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45841,
    "c": 0.1797,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87238B

secondary

#56B852

accent

#E3454B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #87238B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →