#8B23A4#8B23A4

#8B23A4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.202 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B23A4
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 164)
HSL	hsl(288, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(288, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 78.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.69, 59.74, -47.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.69, 76.27, 321.56°)
OKLab	oklab(48.09% 0.1522 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(48.09% 0.202 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9484, 9.3722, 35.9784)
Luminance	0.0937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B23A4 #3CA423

analogous

#4B23A4 #8B23A4 #A4237D

triadic

#8B23A4 #A48B23 #23A48B

tetradic

#8B23A4 #A44B23 #3CA423 #237DA4

square

#8B23A4 #A44B23 #3CA423 #237DA4

split-complementary

#8B23A4 #7DA423 #23A44B

monochromatic

#360D3F #601872 #8B23A4 #B431D3 #C664DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#8B23A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#8B23A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B23A4

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B23A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B23A4	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C5AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B3F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b23a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.202 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bc0',
    500: '#8b23a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b23a4;
$custom-light: #b16bc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b23a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.372,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48085,
    "c": 0.20234,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B23A4

secondary

#73C360

accent

#E84061

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B23A4

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

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