#8B23D4#8B23D4

#8B23D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.244 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B23D4
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 212)
HSL	hsl(275, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(275, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 83.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.32, 69.40, -69.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.32, 98.42, 314.84°)
OKLab	oklab(51.75% 0.1411 -0.199)
OKLCH	oklch(51.75% 0.244 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1295, 11.4447, 63.2651)
Luminance	0.1144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B23D4 #6CD423

analogous

#3223D4 #8B23D4 #D423C4

triadic

#8B23D4 #D48B23 #23D48B

tetradic

#8B23D4 #D43223 #6CD423 #23C4D4

square

#8B23D4 #D43223 #6CD423 #23C4D4

split-complementary

#8B23D4 #C4D423 #23D432

monochromatic

#46126B #691A9F #8B23D4 #A752E2 #C286EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#8B23D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#8B23D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B23D4

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B23D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B23D4	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D567F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b23d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.244 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46de2',
    500: '#8b23d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b23d4;
$custom-light: #b46de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b23d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.254,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51753,
    "c": 0.24398,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B23D4

secondary

#A2D47E

accent

#EE3984

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EDFC

border

#D0C8D5

text

#120816

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B23D4

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

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