#8B23A6#8B23A6

#8B23A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.204 H 318.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B23A6
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 166)
HSL	hsl(288, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(288, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 78.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.83, 60.12, -48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.83, 77.18, 321.16°)
OKLab	oklab(48.22% 0.1519 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(48.22% 0.204 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.1305, 9.4451, 36.9371)
Luminance	0.0944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B23A6 #3EA623

analogous

#4A23A6 #8B23A6 #A6237F

triadic

#8B23A6 #A68B23 #23A68B

tetradic

#8B23A6 #A64A23 #3EA623 #237FA6

square

#8B23A6 #A64A23 #3EA623 #237FA6

split-complementary

#8B23A6 #7FA623 #23A64A

monochromatic

#360E41 #611873 #8B23A6 #B332D4 #C565DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#8B23A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#8B23A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B23A6

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B23A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B23A6	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#295AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b23a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.204 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bc1',
    500: '#8b23a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b23a6;
$custom-light: #b16bc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b23a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.634,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48224,
    "c": 0.20404,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B23A6

secondary

#75C461

accent

#E84062

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B23A6

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

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