#8A23A0#8A23A0

#8A23A0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.199 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A23A0
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 160)
HSL	hsl(289, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(289, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 78.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.26, 58.79, -45.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.26, 74.47, 322.13°)
OKLab	oklab(47.66% 0.1515 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(47.66% 0.199 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4266, 9.1443, 34.0980)
Luminance	0.0914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A23A0 #39A023

analogous

#4B23A0 #8A23A0 #A02377

triadic

#8A23A0 #A08A23 #23A08A

tetradic

#8A23A0 #A04B23 #39A023 #2377A0

square

#8A23A0 #A04B23 #39A023 #2377A0

split-complementary

#8A23A0 #77A023 #23A04B

monochromatic

#330D3C #5F186E #8A23A0 #B52FD1 #C761DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#8A23A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#8A23A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A23A0

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A23A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A23A0	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E599D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A3E61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a23a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.199 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06abd',
    500: '#8a23a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a23a0;
$custom-light: #b06abd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a23a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.44,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47663,
    "c": 0.19857,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A23A0

secondary

#6FC15D

accent

#E7415E

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A23A0

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

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