#8B237D#8B237D

#8B237D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.171 H 334.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B237D
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(308, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(308, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 10.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.34, 52.92, -27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.34, 59.52, 332.75°)
OKLab	oklab(45.65% 0.1536 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(45.65% 0.171 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.9503, 8.1730, 20.1882)
Luminance	0.0817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B237D #238B31

analogous

#65238B #8B237D #8B2349

triadic

#8B237D #7D8B23 #237D8B

tetradic

#8B237D #8B6523 #238B31 #23498B

square

#8B237D #8B6523 #238B31 #23498B

split-complementary

#8B237D #498B23 #238B65

monochromatic

#290A25 #5A1751 #8B237D #BC2FA9 #D454C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#8B237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#8B237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B237D

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B237D	1.00	7.97	2.63	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21477F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47567B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.171 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069a3',
    500: '#8b237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b237d;
$custom-light: #b069a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.077,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45654,
    "c": 0.17077,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B237D

secondary

#52B860

accent

#E35A45

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B237D

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

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