#8B23AD#8B23AD

#8B23AD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.210 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B23AD
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 173)
HSL	hsl(285, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(285, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 79.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.31, 61.47, -51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.31, 80.39, 319.87°)
OKLab	oklab(48.72% 0.1508 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(48.72% 0.21 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7901, 9.7089, 40.4113)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B23AD #45AD23

analogous

#4623AD #8B23AD #AD238A

triadic

#8B23AD #AD8B23 #23AD8B

tetradic

#8B23AD #AD4623 #45AD23 #238AAD

square

#8B23AD #AD4623 #45AD23 #238AAD

split-complementary

#8B23AD #8AAD23 #23AD46

monochromatic

#390E47 #62197A #8B23AD #AF37D6 #C36AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#8B23AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#8B23AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B23AD

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B23AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B23AD	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F5BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884468

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b23ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.210 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bc6',
    500: '#8b23ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b23ad;
$custom-light: #b16bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b23ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.217,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48722,
    "c": 0.21002,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B23AD

secondary

#7DC765

accent

#E93F69

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B23AD

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

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