#8A238B#8A238B

#8A238B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.181 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A238B
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(299, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(299, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.94, 55.00, -35.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.94, 65.19, 327.53°)
OKLab	oklab(46.31% 0.153 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(46.31% 0.181 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.7422, 8.4705, 25.2269)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A238B #248B23

analogous

#56238B #8A238B #8B2358

triadic

#8A238B #8B8A23 #238B8A

tetradic

#8A238B #8B5623 #248B23 #23588B

square

#8A238B #8B5623 #248B23 #23588B

split-complementary

#8A238B #588B23 #238B56

monochromatic

#290A29 #59175A #8A238B #BB2FBC #D354D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#8A238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8A238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A238B

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A238B	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B4A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.181 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069ad',
    500: '#8a238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a238b;
$custom-light: #b069ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.423,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46306,
    "c": 0.18116,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A238B

secondary

#53B852

accent

#E34546

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A238B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →