#8A238C#8A238C

#8A238C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.182 H 327.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A238C
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(299, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(299, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.00, 55.17, -35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.00, 65.62, 327.22°)
OKLab	oklab(46.37% 0.153 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(46.37% 0.182 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.8156, 8.4999, 25.6135)
Luminance	0.0850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A238C #258C23

analogous

#56238C #8A238C #8C235A

triadic

#8A238C #8C8A23 #238C8A

tetradic

#8A238C #8C5623 #258C23 #235A8C

square

#8A238C #8C5623 #258C23 #235A8C

split-complementary

#8A238C #5A8C23 #238C56

monochromatic

#290B2A #5A175B #8A238C #BA2FBD #D255D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#8A238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#8A238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A238C

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A238C	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#094A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.182 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06aae',
    500: '#8a238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a238c;
$custom-light: #b06aae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46366,
    "c": 0.18197,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A238C

secondary

#54B852

accent

#E34548

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A238C

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

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