#8B239F#8B239F

#8B239F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.198 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B239F
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 159)
HSL	hsl(290, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(290, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 78%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.36, 58.80, -44.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.36, 74.01, 322.61°)
OKLab	oklab(47.74% 0.1529 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(47.74% 0.198 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5057, 9.1952, 33.6469)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8B239F #379F23

analogous

#4D239F #8B239F #9F2375

triadic

#8B239F #9F8B23 #239F8B

tetradic

#8B239F #9F4D23 #379F23 #23759F

square

#8B239F #9F4D23 #379F23 #23759F

split-complementary

#8B239F #759F23 #239F4D

monochromatic

#330D3B #5F186D #8B239F #B72ED1 #C860DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#8B239F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8B239F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B239F

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B239F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B239F	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#31599C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b239f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.198 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bbc',
    500: '#8b239f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b239f;
$custom-light: #b16bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b239f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.323,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47743,
    "c": 0.19812,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B239F

secondary

#6DC15D

accent

#E7415C

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B239F

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

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