#8A23A4#8A23A4

#8A23A4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.202 H 318.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A23A4
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 164)
HSL	hsl(288, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(288, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 78.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.53, 59.55, -47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.53, 76.29, 321.31°)
OKLab	oklab(47.94% 0.151 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(47.94% 0.202 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7822, 9.2865, 35.9706)
Luminance	0.0929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A23A4 #3DA423

analogous

#4A23A4 #8A23A4 #A4237E

triadic

#8A23A4 #A48A23 #23A48A

tetradic

#8A23A4 #A44A23 #3DA423 #237EA4

square

#8A23A4 #A44A23 #3DA423 #237EA4

split-complementary

#8A23A4 #7EA423 #23A44A

monochromatic

#350D3F #601872 #8A23A4 #B231D3 #C564DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#8A23A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#8A23A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A23A4

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A23A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A23A4	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A59A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894063

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a23a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.202 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06bc0',
    500: '#8a23a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a23a4;
$custom-light: #b06bc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a23a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.907,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47939,
    "c": 0.20197,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A23A4

secondary

#74C360

accent

#E84062

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A23A4

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

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