#8B23B5#8B23B5

#8B23B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.217 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B23B5
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 181)
HSL	hsl(283, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(283, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 80.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.89, 63.04, -55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.89, 84.07, 318.58°)
OKLab	oklab(49.31% 0.1493 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(49.31% 0.217 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.5875, 10.0279, 44.6109)
Luminance	0.1003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B23B5 #4DB523

analogous

#4223B5 #8B23B5 #B52396

triadic

#8B23B5 #B58B23 #23B58B

tetradic

#8B23B5 #B54223 #4DB523 #2396B5

square

#8B23B5 #B54223 #4DB523 #2396B5

split-complementary

#8B23B5 #96B523 #23B542

monochromatic

#3C0F4E #641982 #8B23B5 #AC3CD9 #C26FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.99

#8B23B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#8B23B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B23B5

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B23B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B23B5	1.00	6.99	3.01	6.99
#FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D5BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86476D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b23b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.217 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26ccc',
    500: '#8b23b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b23b5;
$custom-light: #b26ccc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b23b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.74,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49309,
    "c": 0.21691,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B23B5

secondary

#86CA6A

accent

#EA3D6F

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B23B5

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

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