#8D237E#8D237E

#8D237E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.173 H 334.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D237E
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(308, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(308, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 10.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.75, 53.56, -27.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.75, 60.08, 333.07°)
OKLab	oklab(46.03% 0.1558 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(46.03% 0.173 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.3516, 8.3725, 20.5421)
Luminance	0.0837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D237E #238D32

analogous

#67238D #8D237E #8D2349

triadic

#8D237E #7E8D23 #237E8D

tetradic

#8D237E #8D6723 #238D32 #23498D

square

#8D237E #8D6723 #238D32 #23498D

split-complementary

#8D237E #498D23 #238D67

monochromatic

#2B0B26 #5C1752 #8D237E #BE2FAA #D555C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85

#8D237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#8D237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D237E

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D237E	1.00	7.85	2.67	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#214880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48577B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#942C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.173 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b269a3',
    500: '#8d237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d237e;
$custom-light: #b269a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.491,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46031,
    "c": 0.17267,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D237E

secondary

#53B961

accent

#E35B44

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D237E

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

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