#8D237C#8D237C

#8D237C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.171 H 335.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D237C
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(310, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(310, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 12.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.64, 53.25, -26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.64, 59.31, 333.87°)
OKLab	oklab(45.92% 0.1556 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(45.92% 0.171 335.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.2238, 8.3214, 19.8693)
Luminance	0.0832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D237C #238D34

analogous

#69238D #8D237C #8D2347

triadic

#8D237C #7C8D23 #237C8D

tetradic

#8D237C #8D6923 #238D34 #23478D

square

#8D237C #8D6923 #238D34 #23478D

split-complementary

#8D237C #478D23 #238D69

monochromatic

#2B0B26 #5C1751 #8D237C #BE2FA7 #D555C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88

#8D237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#8D237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D237C

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D237C	1.00	7.88	2.66	7.88
#FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23477E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#942B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.171 335.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b269a2',
    500: '#8d237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d237c;
$custom-light: #b269a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.623,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45923,
    "c": 0.17119,
    "h": 335.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D237C

secondary

#53B963

accent

#E35E44

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D237C

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

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