#8B238C#8B238C

#8B238C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.182 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B238C
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(299, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(299, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.17, 55.40, -35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.17, 65.66, 327.54°)
OKLab	oklab(46.52% 0.1541 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(46.52% 0.182 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.9819, 8.5856, 25.6213)
Luminance	0.0858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B238C #248C23

analogous

#57238C #8B238C #8C2358

triadic

#8B238C #8C8B23 #238C8B

tetradic

#8B238C #8C5723 #248C23 #23588C

square

#8B238C #8C5723 #248C23 #23588C

split-complementary

#8B238C #588C23 #238C57

monochromatic

#2A0B2A #5A175B #8B238C #BC2FBD #D355D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#8B238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#8B238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B238C

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B238C	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B4A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.182 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06aae',
    500: '#8b238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b238c;
$custom-light: #b06aae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46522,
    "c": 0.18246,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B238C

secondary

#53B852

accent

#E34546

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B238C

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

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