#8C23AE#8C23AE

#8C23AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.211 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C23AE
RGB	rgb(140, 35, 174)
HSL	hsl(285, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(285, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 79.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.54, 61.84, -52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.54, 80.82, 319.93°)
OKLab	oklab(48.94% 0.1519 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(48.94% 0.211 316)
XYZ	xyz(19.0550, 9.8343, 40.9307)
Luminance	0.0983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C23AE #45AE23

analogous

#4723AE #8C23AE #AE238A

triadic

#8C23AE #AE8C23 #23AE8C

tetradic

#8C23AE #AE4723 #45AE23 #238AAE

square

#8C23AE #AE4723 #45AE23 #238AAE

split-complementary

#8C23AE #8AAE23 #23AE47

monochromatic

#3A0F48 #63197B #8C23AE #B037D7 #C46AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#8C23AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#8C23AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C23AE

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C23AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C23AE	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#205BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c23ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 35, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.211 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26bc7',
    500: '#8c23ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c23ae;
$custom-light: #b26bc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c23ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.324,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48936,
    "c": 0.21122,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.09834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C23AE

secondary

#7EC766

accent

#E93E68

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C23AE

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

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