#8A239B#8A239B

#8A239B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.194 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A239B
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 155)
HSL	hsl(292, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(292, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 77.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.93, 57.86, -43.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.93, 72.21, 323.24°)
OKLab	oklab(47.33% 0.1521 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(47.33% 0.194 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.9980, 8.9728, 31.8406)
Luminance	0.0897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A239B #349B23

analogous

#4E239B #8A239B #9B2370

triadic

#8A239B #9B8A23 #239B8A

tetradic

#8A239B #9B4E23 #349B23 #23709B

square

#8A239B #9B4E23 #349B23 #23709B

split-complementary

#8A239B #709B23 #239B4E

monochromatic

#310C37 #5E1869 #8A239B #B62ECD #C95EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#8A239B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#8A239B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A239B

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A239B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A239B	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#335898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B3B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a239b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.194 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ab9',
    500: '#8a239b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a239b;
$custom-light: #b06ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a239b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47326,
    "c": 0.19435,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A239B

secondary

#69BF5A

accent

#E64259

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A239B

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

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