#8A237C#8A237C

#8A237C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.169 H 334.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A237C
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(308, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(308, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 10.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.11, 52.52, -27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.11, 59.05, 332.79°)
OKLab	oklab(45.44% 0.1525 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(45.44% 0.169 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.7205, 8.0618, 19.8457)
Luminance	0.0806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A237C #238A31

analogous

#65238A #8A237C #8A2349

triadic

#8A237C #7C8A23 #237C8A

tetradic

#8A237C #8A6523 #238A31 #23498A

square

#8A237C #8A6523 #238A31 #23498A

split-complementary

#8A237C #498A23 #238A65

monochromatic

#280A24 #591750 #8A237C #BB2FA8 #D454C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#8A237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8A237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A237C

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A237C	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21477E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46567A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.169 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af69a2',
    500: '#8a237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a237c;
$custom-light: #af69a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.155,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45438,
    "c": 0.16944,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A237C

secondary

#51B75F

accent

#E35B45

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A237C

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

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