#8A23A7#8A23A7

#8A23A7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.205 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A23A7
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 167)
HSL	hsl(287, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(287, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 79%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.74, 60.12, -49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.74, 77.66, 320.73°)
OKLab	oklab(48.15% 0.1506 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(48.15% 0.205 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.0563, 9.3962, 37.4143)
Luminance	0.0940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A23A7 #40A723

analogous

#4823A7 #8A23A7 #A72382

triadic

#8A23A7 #A78A23 #23A78A

tetradic

#8A23A7 #A74823 #40A723 #2382A7

square

#8A23A7 #A74823 #40A723 #2382A7

split-complementary

#8A23A7 #82A723 #23A748

monochromatic

#360E42 #601874 #8A23A7 #B133D4 #C466DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#8A23A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#8A23A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A23A7

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A23A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A23A7	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2659A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a23a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.205 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06bc2',
    500: '#8a23a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a23a7;
$custom-light: #b06bc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a23a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.818,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4815,
    "c": 0.20453,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A23A7

secondary

#77C461

accent

#E83F65

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A23A7

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

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