#8C239E#8C239E

#8C239E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.198 H 321.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C239E
RGB	rgb(140, 35, 158)
HSL	hsl(291, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(291, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 77.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.46, 58.82, -44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.46, 73.56, 323.09°)
OKLab	oklab(47.82% 0.1542 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(47.82% 0.198 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5871, 9.2471, 33.1996)
Luminance	0.0925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C239E #359E23

analogous

#4F239E #8C239E #9E2372

triadic

#8C239E #9E8C23 #239E8C

tetradic

#8C239E #9E4F23 #359E23 #23729E

square

#8C239E #9E4F23 #359E23 #23729E

split-complementary

#8C239E #729E23 #239E4F

monochromatic

#330D3A #60186C #8C239E #B82ED0 #CA60DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#8C239E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8C239E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C239E

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C239E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C239E	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#33599B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D3C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c239e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 35, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.198 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16bbb',
    500: '#8c239e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c239e;
$custom-light: #b16bbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c239e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.22,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47823,
    "c": 0.19769,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C239E

secondary

#6BC15C

accent

#E74159

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C239E

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

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