#8A238F#8A238F

#8A238F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.184 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A238F
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(297, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(297, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.18, 55.70, -37.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.18, 66.91, 326.34°)
OKLab	oklab(46.55% 0.1529 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(46.55% 0.184 326)
XYZ	xyz(16.0399, 8.5896, 26.7944)
Luminance	0.0859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A238F #288F23

analogous

#54238F #8A238F #8F235E

triadic

#8A238F #8F8A23 #238F8A

tetradic

#8A238F #8F5423 #288F23 #235E8F

square

#8A238F #8F5423 #288F23 #235E8F

split-complementary

#8A238F #5E8F23 #238F54

monochromatic

#2B0B2D #5B175E #8A238F #B92FC0 #D057D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#8A238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#8A238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A238F

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A238F	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C578C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.184 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ab0',
    500: '#8a238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a238f;
$custom-light: #b06ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.222,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46552,
    "c": 0.18441,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.08589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A238F

secondary

#59BA54

accent

#E4444B

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF5

border

#D0C7CF

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A238F

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

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