#88237E#88237E

#88237E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.170 H 332.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#88237E
RGB	rgb(136, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(306, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(306, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 7.4%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.87, 52.35, -28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.87, 59.68, 331.30°)
OKLab	oklab(45.23% 0.1505 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(45.23% 0.17 332.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.5203, 7.9439, 20.5032)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#88237E #23882D

analogous

#5F2388 #88237E #88234B

triadic

#88237E #7E8823 #237E88

tetradic

#88237E #885F23 #23882D #234B88

square

#88237E #885F23 #23882D #234B88

split-complementary

#88237E #4B8823 #23885F

monochromatic

#270A24 #571651 #88237E #B930AB #D353C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#88237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#88237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #88237E

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##88237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##88237E	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D4681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44557C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E2E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #88237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.170 332.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae69a4',
    500: '#88237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #88237e;
$custom-light: #ae69a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#88237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.941,
    "s": 59.064,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45229,
    "c": 0.16983,
    "h": 332.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#88237E

secondary

#50B75A

accent

#E25546

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #88237E

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

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