#8A23B1#8A23B1

#8A23B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.213 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A23B1
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 177)
HSL	hsl(284, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(284, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 80.2%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.45, 62.07, -53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.45, 82.26, 318.99°)
OKLab	oklab(48.87% 0.1488 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(48.87% 0.213 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.0167, 9.7803, 42.4725)
Luminance	0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A23B1 #4AB123

analogous

#4323B1 #8A23B1 #B12391

triadic

#8A23B1 #B18A23 #23B18A

tetradic

#8A23B1 #B14323 #4AB123 #2391B1

square

#8A23B1 #B14323 #4AB123 #2391B1

split-complementary

#8A23B1 #91B123 #23B143

monochromatic

#3A0F4B #62197E #8A23B1 #AC39D8 #C26CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#8A23B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#8A23B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A23B1

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A23B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A23B1	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#155AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86466B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a23b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.213 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bc9',
    500: '#8a23b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a23b1;
$custom-light: #b16bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a23b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.521,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48873,
    "c": 0.21313,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A23B1

secondary

#82C868

accent

#EA3E6D

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A23B1

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

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