#8B237C#8B237C

#8B237C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.170 H 334.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B237C
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(309, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(309, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 10.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.29, 52.76, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.29, 59.13, 333.15°)
OKLab	oklab(45.6% 0.1535 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(45.6% 0.17 334.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.8867, 8.1476, 19.8535)
Luminance	0.0815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B237C #238B32

analogous

#66238B #8B237C #8B2348

triadic

#8B237C #7C8B23 #237C8B

tetradic

#8B237C #8B6623 #238B32 #23488B

square

#8B237C #8B6623 #238B32 #23488B

split-complementary

#8B237C #488B23 #238B66

monochromatic

#290A25 #5A1750 #8B237C #BC2FA8 #D454C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.99

#8B237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#8B237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B237C

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B237C	1.00	7.99	2.63	7.99
#FFFFFF	7.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22477E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47567A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.170 334.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069a2',
    500: '#8b237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b237c;
$custom-light: #b069a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.654,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.456,
    "c": 0.17002,
    "h": 334.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B237C

secondary

#52B861

accent

#E35C45

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B237C

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

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