#8A238E#8A238E

#8A238E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.184 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A238E
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(298, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(298, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.12, 55.52, -36.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.12, 66.48, 326.63°)
OKLab	oklab(46.49% 0.1529 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(46.49% 0.184 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.9645, 8.5594, 26.3972)
Luminance	0.0856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A238E #278E23

analogous

#55238E #8A238E #8E235D

triadic

#8A238E #8E8A23 #238E8A

tetradic

#8A238E #8E5523 #278E23 #235D8E

square

#8A238E #8E5523 #278E23 #235D8E

split-complementary

#8A238E #5D8E23 #238E55

monochromatic

#2B0B2C #5A175D #8A238E #BA2FBF #D156D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#8A238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#8A238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A238E

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A238E	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#034A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D578B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.184 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06aaf',
    500: '#8a238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a238e;
$custom-light: #b06aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.757,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4649,
    "c": 0.18359,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A238E

secondary

#57B953

accent

#E4444A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF5

border

#D0C7CF

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A238E

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

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