#8B23A0#8B23A0

#8B23A0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.199 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B23A0
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 160)
HSL	hsl(290, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(290, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 78.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.42, 58.99, -45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.42, 74.46, 322.39°)
OKLab	oklab(47.81% 0.1527 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(47.81% 0.199 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5929, 9.2300, 34.1058)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B23A0 #38A023

analogous

#4C23A0 #8B23A0 #A02376

triadic

#8B23A0 #A08B23 #23A08B

tetradic

#8B23A0 #A04C23 #38A023 #2376A0

square

#8B23A0 #A04C23 #38A023 #2376A0

split-complementary

#8B23A0 #76A023 #23A04C

monochromatic

#340D3C #5F186E #8B23A0 #B62FD1 #C861DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#8B23A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8B23A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B23A0

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B23A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B23A0	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30599D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B3D61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b23a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.199 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bbd',
    500: '#8b23a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b23a0;
$custom-light: #b16bbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b23a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.92,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4781,
    "c": 0.19897,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B23A0

secondary

#6EC15D

accent

#E7415D

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B23A0

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

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