#8B237A#8B237A

#8B237A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.169 H 335.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B237A
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(310, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(310, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 12.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.19, 52.45, -25.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.19, 58.37, 333.97°)
OKLab	oklab(45.49% 0.1533 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(45.49% 0.169 335.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.7615, 8.0975, 19.1941)
Luminance	0.0810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B237A #238B34

analogous

#68238B #8B237A #8B2346

triadic

#8B237A #7A8B23 #237A8B

tetradic

#8B237A #8B6823 #238B34 #23468B

square

#8B237A #8B6823 #238B34 #23468B

split-complementary

#8B237A #468B23 #238B68

monochromatic

#290A24 #5A174F #8B237A #BC2FA5 #D454BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#8B237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8B237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B237A

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B237A	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23467C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#485678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.169 335.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069a0',
    500: '#8b237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b237a;
$custom-light: #b069a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.808,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45492,
    "c": 0.16854,
    "h": 335.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B237A

secondary

#52B863

accent

#E35F45

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B237A

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

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