#8D237F#8D237F

#8D237F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.173 H 334.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D237F
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(308, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(308, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 9.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.80, 53.72, -27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.80, 60.46, 332.68°)
OKLab	oklab(46.09% 0.1559 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(46.09% 0.173 334)
XYZ	xyz(15.4164, 8.3984, 20.8837)
Luminance	0.0840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D237F #238D31

analogous

#66238D #8D237F #8D234A

triadic

#8D237F #7F8D23 #237F8D

tetradic

#8D237F #8D6623 #238D31 #234A8D

square

#8D237F #8D6623 #238D31 #234A8D

split-complementary

#8D237F #4A8D23 #238D66

monochromatic

#2B0B27 #5C1753 #8D237F #BE2FAB #D555C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#8D237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#8D237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D237F

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D237F	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#204882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48577C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#942D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.173 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b269a4',
    500: '#8d237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d237f;
$custom-light: #b269a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.925,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46086,
    "c": 0.17342,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.08397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D237F

secondary

#53B960

accent

#E35944

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D237F

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

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