#8A237A#8A237A

#8A237A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.168 H 335.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A237A
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(309, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(309, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 11.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.01, 52.20, -25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.01, 58.27, 333.61°)
OKLab	oklab(45.33% 0.1523 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(45.33% 0.168 335.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.5953, 8.0118, 19.1863)
Luminance	0.0801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A237A #238A33

analogous

#67238A #8A237A #8A2347

triadic

#8A237A #7A8A23 #237A8A

tetradic

#8A237A #8A6723 #238A33 #23478A

square

#8A237A #8A6723 #238A33 #23478A

split-complementary

#8A237A #478A23 #238A67

monochromatic

#280A24 #59174F #8A237A #BB2FA5 #D454C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#8A237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8A237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A237A

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A237A	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23467C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.168 335.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af69a1',
    500: '#8a237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a237a;
$custom-light: #af69a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.32,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4533,
    "c": 0.16794,
    "h": 335.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A237A

secondary

#51B761

accent

#E35E45

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A237A

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

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