#8A23A6#8A23A6

#8A23A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.204 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A23A6
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 166)
HSL	hsl(287, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(287, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 78.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.67, 59.93, -48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.67, 77.20, 320.92°)
OKLab	oklab(48.08% 0.1507 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(48.08% 0.204 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9642, 9.3593, 36.9293)
Luminance	0.0936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A23A6 #3FA623

analogous

#4923A6 #8A23A6 #A62380

triadic

#8A23A6 #A68A23 #23A68A

tetradic

#8A23A6 #A64923 #3FA623 #2380A6

square

#8A23A6 #A64923 #3FA623 #2380A6

split-complementary

#8A23A6 #80A623 #23A649

monochromatic

#360E41 #601873 #8A23A6 #B132D4 #C565DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#8A23A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#8A23A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A23A6

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A23A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A23A6	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2859A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a23a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.204 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06bc1',
    500: '#8a23a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a23a6;
$custom-light: #b06bc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a23a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.176,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48079,
    "c": 0.20367,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A23A6

secondary

#76C461

accent

#E84064

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A23A6

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

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