#8B23B2#8B23B2

#8B23B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.214 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B23B2
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 178)
HSL	hsl(284, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(284, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 80.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.67, 62.45, -54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.67, 82.69, 319.04°)
OKLab	oklab(49.09% 0.1499 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(49.09% 0.214 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2830, 9.9061, 43.0072)
Luminance	0.0990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B23B2 #4AB223

analogous

#4323B2 #8B23B2 #B22392

triadic

#8B23B2 #B28B23 #23B28B

tetradic

#8B23B2 #B24323 #4AB223 #2392B2

square

#8B23B2 #B24323 #4AB223 #2392B2

split-complementary

#8B23B2 #92B223 #23B243

monochromatic

#3B0F4C #63197F #8B23B2 #AD3AD8 #C26DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#8B23B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#8B23B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B23B2

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B23B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B23B2	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#165BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87466B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b23b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.214 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26bca',
    500: '#8b23b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b23b2;
$custom-light: #b26bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b23b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49087,
    "c": 0.21432,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B23B2

secondary

#82C968

accent

#EA3E6D

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B23B2

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

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