#8A239E#8A239E

#8A239E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.197 H 320.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A239E
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 158)
HSL	hsl(290, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(290, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 77.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.13, 58.41, -44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.13, 73.56, 322.57°)
OKLab	oklab(47.53% 0.1518 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(47.53% 0.197 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2531, 9.0749, 33.1840)
Luminance	0.0907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A239E #379E23

analogous

#4C239E #8A239E #9E2374

triadic

#8A239E #9E8A23 #239E8A

tetradic

#8A239E #9E4C23 #379E23 #23749E

square

#8A239E #9E4C23 #379E23 #23749E

split-complementary

#8A239E #749E23 #239E4C

monochromatic

#320D3A #5E186C #8A239E #B62ED0 #C860DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#8A239E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#8A239E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A239E

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A239E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A239E	1.00	7.46	2.81	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30589B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B3D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a239e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.197 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06abb',
    500: '#8a239e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a239e;
$custom-light: #b06abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a239e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.244,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47527,
    "c": 0.19687,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A239E

secondary

#6DC15C

accent

#E7415C

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A239E

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

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