#8B237E#8B237E

#8B237E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.172 H 333.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B237E
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(308, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(308, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 9.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.39, 53.08, -27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.39, 59.91, 332.36°)
OKLab	oklab(45.71% 0.1537 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(45.71% 0.172 333.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.0145, 8.1987, 20.5263)
Luminance	0.0820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B237E #238B30

analogous

#64238B #8B237E #8B234A

triadic

#8B237E #7E8B23 #237E8B

tetradic

#8B237E #8B6423 #238B30 #234A8B

square

#8B237E #8B6423 #238B30 #234A8B

split-complementary

#8B237E #4A8B23 #238B64

monochromatic

#290A25 #5A1752 #8B237E #BC2FAA #D454C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.96

#8B237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8B237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B237E

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B237E	1.00	7.96	2.64	7.96
#FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#204780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46567C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.172 333.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069a3',
    500: '#8b237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b237e;
$custom-light: #b069a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45709,
    "c": 0.17152,
    "h": 333.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B237E

secondary

#52B85F

accent

#E35945

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B237E

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

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