#8B238D#8B238D

#8B238D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.183 H 327.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B238D
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(299, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(299, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.23, 55.57, -35.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.23, 66.08, 327.23°)
OKLab	oklab(46.58% 0.1541 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(46.58% 0.183 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.0560, 8.6153, 26.0114)
Luminance	0.0861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B238D #258D23

analogous

#56238D #8B238D #8D235A

triadic

#8B238D #8D8B23 #238D8B

tetradic

#8B238D #8D5623 #258D23 #235A8D

square

#8B238D #8D5623 #258D23 #235A8D

split-complementary

#8B238D #5A8D23 #238D56

monochromatic

#2A0B2B #5B175C #8B238D #BB2FBE #D355D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#8B238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#8B238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B238D

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B238D	1.00	7.71	2.72	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#084A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E578A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.183 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06aaf',
    500: '#8b238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b238d;
$custom-light: #b06aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.868,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46583,
    "c": 0.18326,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B238D

secondary

#55B953

accent

#E34447

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B238D

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

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