#8C237E#8C237E

#8C237E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.172 H 334.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C237E
RGB	rgb(140, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(308, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(308, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 10%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.57, 53.32, -27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.57, 59.99, 332.71°)
OKLab	oklab(45.87% 0.1547 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(45.87% 0.172 334)
XYZ	xyz(15.1823, 8.2852, 20.5342)
Luminance	0.0828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C237E #238C31

analogous

#66238C #8C237E #8C234A

triadic

#8C237E #7E8C23 #237E8C

tetradic

#8C237E #8C6623 #238C31 #234A8C

square

#8C237E #8C6623 #238C31 #234A8C

split-complementary

#8C237E #4A8C23 #238C66

monochromatic

#2A0B26 #5B1752 #8C237E #BD2FAA #D455C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#8C237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#8C237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C237E

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C237E	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#214880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47577B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#932D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.172 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b169a3',
    500: '#8c237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c237e;
$custom-light: #b169a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4587,
    "c": 0.1721,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.08284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C237E

secondary

#52B860

accent

#E35A45

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C237E

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

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