#8B237B#8B237B

#8B237B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.169 H 335.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B237B
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(309, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(309, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 11.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.24, 52.60, -26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.24, 58.75, 333.56°)
OKLab	oklab(45.55% 0.1534 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(45.55% 0.169 335)
XYZ	xyz(14.8238, 8.1224, 19.5221)
Luminance	0.0812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B237B #238B33

analogous

#67238B #8B237B #8B2347

triadic

#8B237B #7B8B23 #237B8B

tetradic

#8B237B #8B6723 #238B33 #23478B

square

#8B237B #8B6723 #238B33 #23478B

split-complementary

#8B237B #478B23 #238B67

monochromatic

#290A24 #5A1750 #8B237B #BC2FA6 #D454C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#8B237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8B237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B237B

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B237B	1.00	8.00	2.62	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23477D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#485679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.169 335.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069a1',
    500: '#8b237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b237b;
$custom-light: #b069a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.231,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45545,
    "c": 0.16928,
    "h": 335
  },
  "luminance": 0.08121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B237B

secondary

#52B862

accent

#E35D45

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B237B

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

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