#8B238A#8B238A

#8B238A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.181 H 328.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B238A
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 138)
HSL	hsl(301, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(301, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.06, 55.05, -34.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.06, 64.81, 328.15°)
OKLab	oklab(46.4% 0.1541 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(46.4% 0.181 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.8358, 8.5272, 24.8517)
Luminance	0.0853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B238A #238B24

analogous

#58238B #8B238A #8B2356

triadic

#8B238A #8A8B23 #238A8B

tetradic

#8B238A #8B5823 #238B24 #23568B

square

#8B238A #8B5823 #238B24 #23568B

split-complementary

#8B238A #568B23 #238B58

monochromatic

#290A29 #5A1759 #8B238A #BC2FBB #D454D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.76

#8B238A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#8B238A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B238A

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B238A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B238A	1.00	7.76	2.71	7.76
#FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F4A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#405787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b238a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.181 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06aac',
    500: '#8b238a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b238a;
$custom-light: #b06aac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b238a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.577,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46401,
    "c": 0.18085,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B238A

secondary

#52B853

accent

#E34645

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B238A

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

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