#8B237F#8B237F

#8B237F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.172 H 333.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B237F
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(307, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(307, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 8.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.45, 53.24, -28.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.45, 60.31, 331.98°)
OKLab	oklab(45.77% 0.1538 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(45.77% 0.172 333.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.0793, 8.2246, 20.8679)
Luminance	0.0822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B237F #238B2F

analogous

#63238B #8B237F #8B234B

triadic

#8B237F #7F8B23 #237F8B

tetradic

#8B237F #8B6323 #238B2F #234B8B

square

#8B237F #8B6323 #238B2F #234B8B

split-complementary

#8B237F #4B8B23 #238B63

monochromatic

#290A26 #5A1752 #8B237F #BC2FAC #D454C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#8B237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8B237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B237F

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B237F	1.00	7.94	2.64	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F4782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46567C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.172 333.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069a4',
    500: '#8b237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b237f;
$custom-light: #b069a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.923,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45765,
    "c": 0.17228,
    "h": 333.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B237F

secondary

#52B85E

accent

#E35745

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B237F

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

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