#8C237D#8C237D

#8C237D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.171 H 334.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C237D
RGB	rgb(140, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(309, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(309, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 10.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.52, 53.16, -26.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.52, 59.61, 333.11°)
OKLab	oklab(45.82% 0.1547 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(45.82% 0.171 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.1181, 8.2595, 20.1961)
Luminance	0.0826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C237D #238C32

analogous

#67238C #8C237D #8C2349

triadic

#8C237D #7D8C23 #237D8C

tetradic

#8C237D #8C6723 #238C32 #23498C

square

#8C237D #8C6723 #238C32 #23498C

split-complementary

#8C237D #498C23 #238C67

monochromatic

#2A0B26 #5B1751 #8C237D #BD2FA9 #D455C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.92

#8C237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#8C237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C237D

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C237D	1.00	7.92	2.65	7.92
#FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22477F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48577A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#932C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.171 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b169a3',
    500: '#8c237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c237d;
$custom-light: #b169a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45815,
    "c": 0.17135,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C237D

secondary

#52B861

accent

#E35B45

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C237D

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

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