#8B238F#8B238F

#8B238F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.185 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B238F
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(298, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(298, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.35, 55.91, -36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.35, 66.94, 326.65°)
OKLab	oklab(46.71% 0.154 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(46.71% 0.185 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.2061, 8.6753, 26.8022)
Luminance	0.0867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B238F #278F23

analogous

#55238F #8B238F #8F235D

triadic

#8B238F #8F8B23 #238F8B

tetradic

#8B238F #8F5523 #278F23 #235D8F

square

#8B238F #8F5523 #278F23 #235D8F

split-complementary

#8B238F #5D8F23 #238F55

monochromatic

#2B0B2D #5B175E #8B238F #BB2FC0 #D157D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#8B238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#8B238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B238F

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B238F	1.00	7.68	2.73	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#024B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D588C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.185 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ab0',
    500: '#8b238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b238f;
$custom-light: #b06ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.778,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46706,
    "c": 0.18488,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B238F

secondary

#58BA54

accent

#E4444A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF5

border

#D0C7CF

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B238F

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

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