#8B239E#8B239E

#8B239E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.197 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B239E
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 158)
HSL	hsl(291, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(291, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 77.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.29, 58.62, -44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.29, 73.56, 322.83°)
OKLab	oklab(47.68% 0.153 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(47.68% 0.197 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4193, 9.1606, 33.1918)
Luminance	0.0916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B239E #369E23

analogous

#4E239E #8B239E #9E2373

triadic

#8B239E #9E8B23 #239E8B

tetradic

#8B239E #9E4E23 #369E23 #23739E

square

#8B239E #9E4E23 #369E23 #23739E

split-complementary

#8B239E #739E23 #239E4E

monochromatic

#330D3A #5F186C #8B239E #B72ED0 #C960DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#8B239E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#8B239E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B239E

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B239E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B239E	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#32599B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b239e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.197 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16abb',
    500: '#8b239e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b239e;
$custom-light: #b16abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b239e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.732,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47675,
    "c": 0.19728,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B239E

secondary

#6CC15C

accent

#E7415B

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B239E

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

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