#8C239C#8C239C

#8C239C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.196 H 321.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C239C
RGB	rgb(140, 35, 156)
HSL	hsl(292, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(292, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 77.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.33, 58.45, -43.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.33, 72.66, 323.55°)
OKLab	oklab(47.69% 0.1544 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(47.69% 0.196 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4164, 9.1788, 32.3004)
Luminance	0.0918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C239C #339C23

analogous

#4F239C #8C239C #9C2370

triadic

#8C239C #9C8C23 #239C8C

tetradic

#8C239C #9C4F23 #339C23 #23709C

square

#8C239C #9C4F23 #339C23 #23709C

split-complementary

#8C239C #709C23 #239C4F

monochromatic

#320D38 #5F186A #8C239C #B92ECE #CB5EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.41

#8C239C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8C239C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C239C

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C239C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C239C	1.00	7.41	2.84	7.41
#FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c239c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 35, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.196 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bba',
    500: '#8c239c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c239c;
$custom-light: #b16bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c239c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.066,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4769,
    "c": 0.19602,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C239C

secondary

#68C05B

accent

#E64157

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C239C

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

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