#8B238B#8B238B

#8B238B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.182 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B238B
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(300, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(300, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.12, 55.22, -34.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.12, 65.23, 327.84°)
OKLab	oklab(46.46% 0.1541 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(46.46% 0.182 328)
XYZ	xyz(15.9085, 8.5563, 25.2347)
Luminance	0.0856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B238B #238B23

analogous

#57238B #8B238B #8B2357

triadic

#8B238B #8B8B23 #238B8B

tetradic

#8B238B #8B5723 #238B23 #23578B

square

#8B238B #8B5723 #238B23 #23578B

split-complementary

#8B238B #578B23 #238B57

monochromatic

#290A29 #5A175A #8B238B #BC2FBC #D454D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#8B238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#8B238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B238B

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B238B	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D4A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.182 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06aad',
    500: '#8b238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b238b;
$custom-light: #b06aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46461,
    "c": 0.18166,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.08555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B238B

secondary

#52B852

accent

#E34545

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B238B

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

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