#8C23B2#8C23B2

#8C23B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.215 H 314.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C23B2
RGB	rgb(140, 35, 178)
HSL	hsl(284, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(284, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 80.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.83, 62.63, -53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.83, 82.65, 319.26°)
OKLab	oklab(49.23% 0.1511 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(49.23% 0.215 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4508, 9.9926, 43.0150)
Luminance	0.0999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C23B2 #49B223

analogous

#4523B2 #8C23B2 #B22391

triadic

#8C23B2 #B28C23 #23B28C

tetradic

#8C23B2 #B24523 #49B223 #2391B2

square

#8C23B2 #B24523 #49B223 #2391B2

split-complementary

#8C23B2 #91B223 #23B245

monochromatic

#3C0F4C #64197F #8C23B2 #AE3AD8 #C36DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#8C23B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8C23B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C23B2

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C23B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C23B2	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#185CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89466B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c23b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 35, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.215 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26cca',
    500: '#8c23b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c23b2;
$custom-light: #b26cca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c23b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.056,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49227,
    "c": 0.21465,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C23B2

secondary

#82C968

accent

#EA3E6C

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C23B2

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

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