#8D237D#8D237D

#8D237D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.172 H 334.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D237D
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(309, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(309, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 11.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.69, 53.40, -26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.69, 59.69, 333.46°)
OKLab	oklab(45.98% 0.1557 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(45.98% 0.172 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.2874, 8.3468, 20.2040)
Luminance	0.0834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D237D #238D33

analogous

#68238D #8D237D #8D2348

triadic

#8D237D #7D8D23 #237D8D

tetradic

#8D237D #8D6823 #238D33 #23488D

square

#8D237D #8D6823 #238D33 #23488D

split-complementary

#8D237D #488D23 #238D68

monochromatic

#2B0B26 #5C1752 #8D237D #BE2FA8 #D555C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#8D237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#8D237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D237D

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D237D	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22487F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48577A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#942C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.172 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b269a3',
    500: '#8d237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d237d;
$custom-light: #b269a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.057,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45977,
    "c": 0.17193,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D237D

secondary

#53B962

accent

#E35C44

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF3

border

#D0C7CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D237D

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

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