#8B239C#8B239C

#8B239C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.196 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B239C
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 156)
HSL	hsl(292, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(292, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 77.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.16, 58.25, -43.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.16, 72.66, 323.28°)
OKLab	oklab(47.54% 0.1532 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(47.54% 0.196 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2486, 9.0923, 32.2925)
Luminance	0.0909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B239C #349C23

analogous

#4E239C #8B239C #9C2371

triadic

#8B239C #9C8B23 #239C8B

tetradic

#8B239C #9C4E23 #349C23 #23719C

square

#8B239C #9C4E23 #349C23 #23719C

split-complementary

#8B239C #719C23 #239C4E

monochromatic

#320D38 #5E186A #8B239C #B82ECE #C95EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#8B239C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#8B239C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B239C

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B239C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B239C	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#335999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b239c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.196 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16aba',
    500: '#8b239c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b239c;
$custom-light: #b16aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b239c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.57,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47541,
    "c": 0.1956,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B239C

secondary

#69C05B

accent

#E64159

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B239C

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

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