#8C239D#8C239D

#8C239D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.197 H 321.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C239D
RGB	rgb(140, 35, 157)
HSL	hsl(292, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(292, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 77.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.39, 58.63, -43.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.39, 73.11, 323.32°)
OKLab	oklab(47.76% 0.1543 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(47.76% 0.197 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5014, 9.2128, 32.7482)
Luminance	0.0921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C239D #349D23

analogous

#4F239D #8C239D #9D2371

triadic

#8C239D #9D8C23 #239D8C

tetradic

#8C239D #9D4F23 #349D23 #23719D

square

#8C239D #9D4F23 #349D23 #23719D

split-complementary

#8C239D #719D23 #239D4F

monochromatic

#330D39 #5F186B #8C239D #B92ECF #CA5FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#8C239D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8C239D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C239D

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C239D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C239D	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34599A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D3C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c239d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 35, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.197 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bba',
    500: '#8c239d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c239d;
$custom-light: #b16bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c239d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.639,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47757,
    "c": 0.19685,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C239D

secondary

#6AC05C

accent

#E74158

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C239D

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

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