#8C239A#8C239A

#8C239A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.194 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C239A
RGB	rgb(140, 35, 154)
HSL	hsl(293, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(293, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 77.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.20, 58.09, -42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.20, 71.77, 324.03°)
OKLab	oklab(47.56% 0.1545 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(47.56% 0.194 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2484, 9.1116, 31.4158)
Luminance	0.0911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C239A #319A23

analogous

#51239A #8C239A #9A236D

triadic

#8C239A #9A8C23 #239A8C

tetradic

#8C239A #9A5123 #319A23 #236D9A

square

#8C239A #9A5123 #319A23 #236D9A

split-complementary

#8C239A #6D9A23 #239A51

monochromatic

#310C36 #5F1868 #8C239A #B92ECC #CC5DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44

#8C239A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#8C239A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C239A

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C239A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C239A	1.00	7.44	2.82	7.44
#FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#365997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c239a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 35, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.194 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16ab8',
    500: '#8c239a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c239a;
$custom-light: #b16ab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c239a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.941,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47559,
    "c": 0.19435,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C239A

secondary

#66BF5A

accent

#E64255

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C239A

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

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