#8A23B2#8A23B2

#8A23B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.214 H 314.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A23B2
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 178)
HSL	hsl(283, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(283, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 80.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.52, 62.27, -54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.52, 82.73, 318.83°)
OKLab	oklab(48.95% 0.1486 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(48.95% 0.214 314)
XYZ	xyz(19.1168, 9.8203, 42.9994)
Luminance	0.0982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A23B2 #4BB223

analogous

#4323B2 #8A23B2 #B22393

triadic

#8A23B2 #B28A23 #23B28A

tetradic

#8A23B2 #B24323 #4BB223 #2393B2

square

#8A23B2 #B24323 #4BB223 #2393B2

split-complementary

#8A23B2 #93B223 #23B243

monochromatic

#3B0F4C #62197F #8A23B2 #AC3AD8 #C26DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#8A23B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#8A23B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A23B2

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A23B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A23B2	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#135BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86466B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a23b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.214 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bca',
    500: '#8a23b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a23b2;
$custom-light: #b16bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a23b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.217,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48947,
    "c": 0.214,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.0982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A23B2

secondary

#83C968

accent

#EA3E6E

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A23B2

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

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