#8A237B#8A237B

#8A237B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.169 H 334.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A237B
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(309, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(309, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 10.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.06, 52.36, -26.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.06, 58.66, 333.20°)
OKLab	oklab(45.38% 0.1524 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(45.38% 0.169 334.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.6576, 8.0367, 19.5143)
Luminance	0.0804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A237B #238A32

analogous

#66238A #8A237B #8A2348

triadic

#8A237B #7B8A23 #237B8A

tetradic

#8A237B #8A6623 #238A32 #23488A

square

#8A237B #8A6623 #238A32 #23488A

split-complementary

#8A237B #488A23 #238A66

monochromatic

#280A24 #59174F #8A237B #BB2FA7 #D454C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#8A237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8A237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A237B

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A237B	1.00	8.06	2.61	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22467D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.169 334.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af69a1',
    500: '#8a237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a237b;
$custom-light: #af69a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.738,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45384,
    "c": 0.16869,
    "h": 334.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A237B

secondary

#51B760

accent

#E35C45

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A237B

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

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