#8A237E#8A237E

#8A237E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.171 H 333.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A237E
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(307, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(307, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 8.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.22, 52.83, -28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.22, 59.83, 332.01°)
OKLab	oklab(45.55% 0.1526 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(45.55% 0.171 333.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.8482, 8.1129, 20.5186)
Luminance	0.0811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A237E #238A2F

analogous

#63238A #8A237E #8A234B

triadic

#8A237E #7E8A23 #237E8A

tetradic

#8A237E #8A6323 #238A2F #234B8A

square

#8A237E #8A6323 #238A2F #234B8A

split-complementary

#8A237E #4B8A23 #238A63

monochromatic

#280A25 #591751 #8A237E #BB2FAB #D454C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01

#8A237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8A237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A237E

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A237E	1.00	8.01	2.62	8.01
#FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F4781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45567C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#902D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.171 333.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af69a4',
    500: '#8a237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a237e;
$custom-light: #af69a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.99,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45549,
    "c": 0.17096,
    "h": 333.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A237E

secondary

#51B75D

accent

#E35745

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A237E

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

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