#8A237D#8A237D

#8A237D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.170 H 333.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A237D
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(308, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(308, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 9.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.16, 52.67, -27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.16, 59.44, 332.40°)
OKLab	oklab(45.49% 0.1526 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(45.49% 0.17 333.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.7840, 8.0873, 20.1804)
Luminance	0.0809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A237D #238A30

analogous

#64238A #8A237D #8A234A

triadic

#8A237D #7D8A23 #237D8A

tetradic

#8A237D #8A6423 #238A30 #234A8A

square

#8A237D #8A6423 #238A30 #234A8A

split-complementary

#8A237D #4A8A23 #238A64

monochromatic

#280A25 #591751 #8A237D #BB2FA9 #D454C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#8A237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8A237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A237D

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A237D	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20477F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46567B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.170 333.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af69a3',
    500: '#8a237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a237d;
$custom-light: #af69a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.573,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45493,
    "c": 0.1702,
    "h": 333.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A237D

secondary

#51B75E

accent

#E35945

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A237D

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

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