#8A23A1#8A23A1

#8A23A1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.199 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A23A1
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 161)
HSL	hsl(289, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(289, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 78.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.33, 58.98, -46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.33, 74.92, 321.92°)
OKLab	oklab(47.73% 0.1514 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(47.73% 0.199 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.5145, 9.1794, 34.5606)
Luminance	0.0918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A23A1 #3AA123

analogous

#4B23A1 #8A23A1 #A12379

triadic

#8A23A1 #A18A23 #23A18A

tetradic

#8A23A1 #A14B23 #3AA123 #2379A1

square

#8A23A1 #A14B23 #3AA123 #2379A1

split-complementary

#8A23A1 #79A123 #23A14B

monochromatic

#340D3C #5F186F #8A23A1 #B42FD2 #C662DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.41

#8A23A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8A23A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A23A1

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A23A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A23A1	1.00	7.41	2.84	7.41
#FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D599E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A3E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a23a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.199 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06abd',
    500: '#8a23a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a23a1;
$custom-light: #b06abd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a23a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.048,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47732,
    "c": 0.19942,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A23A1

secondary

#70C25E

accent

#E7415F

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A23A1

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →