#8A238D#8A238D

#8A238D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.183 H 326.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A238D
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(298, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(298, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.06, 55.35, -36.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.06, 66.05, 326.92°)
OKLab	oklab(46.43% 0.1529 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(46.43% 0.183 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.8897, 8.5295, 26.0036)
Luminance	0.0853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A238D #268D23

analogous

#55238D #8A238D #8D235B

triadic

#8A238D #8D8A23 #238D8A

tetradic

#8A238D #8D5523 #268D23 #235B8D

square

#8A238D #8D5523 #268D23 #235B8D

split-complementary

#8A238D #5B8D23 #238D55

monochromatic

#2A0B2B #5A175C #8A238D #BA2FBE #D155D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.76

#8A238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#8A238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A238D

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A238D	1.00	7.76	2.71	7.76
#FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#064A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D578A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.183 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06aaf',
    500: '#8a238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a238d;
$custom-light: #b06aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.302,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46428,
    "c": 0.18278,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A238D

secondary

#56B953

accent

#E34449

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A238D

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

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