#8B239D#8B239D

#8B239D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.196 H 321.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B239D
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 157)
HSL	hsl(291, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(291, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 77.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.23, 58.43, -43.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.23, 73.11, 323.05°)
OKLab	oklab(47.61% 0.1531 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(47.61% 0.196 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3336, 9.1263, 32.7403)
Luminance	0.0912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B239D #359D23

analogous

#4E239D #8B239D #9D2372

triadic

#8B239D #9D8B23 #239D8B

tetradic

#8B239D #9D4E23 #359D23 #23729D

square

#8B239D #9D4E23 #359D23 #23729D

split-complementary

#8B239D #729D23 #239D4E

monochromatic

#320D39 #5F186B #8B239D #B72ECF #C95FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#8B239D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#8B239D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B239D

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B239D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B239D	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#32599A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b239d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.196 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16aba',
    500: '#8b239d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b239d;
$custom-light: #b16aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b239d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.148,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47608,
    "c": 0.19644,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B239D

secondary

#6AC05C

accent

#E7415A

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B239D

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

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