#8A23A3#8A23A3

#8A23A3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.201 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A23A3
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 163)
HSL	hsl(288, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(288, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 78.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.46, 59.36, -47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.46, 75.83, 321.51°)
OKLab	oklab(47.87% 0.1511 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(47.87% 0.201 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.6922, 9.2505, 35.4968)
Luminance	0.0925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A23A3 #3CA323

analogous

#4A23A3 #8A23A3 #A3237C

triadic

#8A23A3 #A38A23 #23A38A

tetradic

#8A23A3 #A34A23 #3CA323 #237CA3

square

#8A23A3 #A34A23 #3CA323 #237CA3

split-complementary

#8A23A3 #7CA323 #23A34A

monochromatic

#350D3E #5F1871 #8A23A3 #B331D3 #C663DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#8A23A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8A23A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A23A3

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A23A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A23A3	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B59A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A3F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a23a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.201 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06bbf',
    500: '#8a23a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a23a3;
$custom-light: #b06bbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a23a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.281,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4787,
    "c": 0.20112,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A23A3

secondary

#73C35F

accent

#E84061

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A23A3

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

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