#8B238E#8B238E

#8B238E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.184 H 326.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B238E
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(298, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(298, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.29, 55.74, -36.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.29, 66.51, 326.94°)
OKLab	oklab(46.64% 0.154 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(46.64% 0.184 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.1307, 8.6452, 26.4050)
Luminance	0.0864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B238E #268E23

analogous

#56238E #8B238E #8E235B

triadic

#8B238E #8E8B23 #238E8B

tetradic

#8B238E #8E5623 #268E23 #235B8E

square

#8B238E #8E5623 #268E23 #235B8E

split-complementary

#8B238E #5B8E23 #238E56

monochromatic

#2B0B2C #5B175D #8B238E #BB2FBF #D256D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#8B238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#8B238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B238E

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B238E	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#054B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E578B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.184 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06aaf',
    500: '#8b238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b238e;
$custom-light: #b06aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.318,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46644,
    "c": 0.18407,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B238E

secondary

#56B953

accent

#E44449

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B238E

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

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