#8A23B3#8A23B3

#8A23B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.215 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A23B3
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 179)
HSL	hsl(283, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(283, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 80.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.59, 62.47, -54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.59, 83.19, 318.67°)
OKLab	oklab(49.02% 0.1484 -0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(49.02% 0.215 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2175, 9.8607, 43.5301)
Luminance	0.0986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A23B3 #4CB323

analogous

#4223B3 #8A23B3 #B32394

triadic

#8A23B3 #B38A23 #23B38A

tetradic

#8A23B3 #B34223 #4CB323 #2394B3

square

#8A23B3 #B34223 #4CB323 #2394B3

split-complementary

#8A23B3 #94B323 #23B342

monochromatic

#3B0F4D #631980 #8A23B3 #AC3BD9 #C16EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#8A23B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#8A23B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A23B3

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A23B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A23B3	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#105BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86476C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a23b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.215 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bcb',
    500: '#8a23b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a23b3;
$custom-light: #b16bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a23b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.917,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49021,
    "c": 0.21487,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A23B3

secondary

#84C969

accent

#EA3E6F

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A23B3

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

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