#8A23BC#8A23BC

#8A23BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.223 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A23BC
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 188)
HSL	hsl(280, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(280, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 81.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.26, 64.28, -59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.26, 87.36, 317.37°)
OKLab	oklab(49.7% 0.1464 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(49.7% 0.223 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1576, 10.2367, 48.4812)
Luminance	0.1024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A23BC #55BC23

analogous

#3D23BC #8A23BC #BC23A1

triadic

#8A23BC #BC8A23 #23BC8A

tetradic

#8A23BC #BC3D23 #55BC23 #23A1BC

square

#8A23BC #BC3D23 #55BC23 #23A1BC

split-complementary

#8A23BC #A1BC23 #23BC3D

monochromatic

#3E1055 #641988 #8A23BC #A941DC #C074E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.89

#8A23BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#8A23BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A23BC

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A23BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A23BC	1.00	6.89	3.05	6.89
#FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#834B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a23bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.223 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16cd1',
    500: '#8a23bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a23bc;
$custom-light: #b16cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a23bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.392,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49702,
    "c": 0.22269,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A23BC

secondary

#8DCC6F

accent

#EB3C76

background

#FBF6FD

surface

#F6ECFA

border

#D0C7D3

text

#110814

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A23BC

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

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