#8D238B#8D238B

#8D238B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.183 H 328.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D238B
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(301, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(301, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 1.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.46, 55.67, -34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.46, 65.32, 328.47°)
OKLab	oklab(46.77% 0.1563 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(46.77% 0.183 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.2456, 8.7301, 25.2505)
Luminance	0.0873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D238B #238D25

analogous

#5A238D #8D238B #8D2356

triadic

#8D238B #8B8D23 #238B8D

tetradic

#8D238B #8D5A23 #238D25 #23568D

square

#8D238B #8D5A23 #238D25 #23568D

split-complementary

#8D238B #568D23 #238D5A

monochromatic

#2B0B2A #5C175B #8D238B #BE2FBB #D555D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.65

#8D238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#8D238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D238B

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D238B	1.00	7.65	2.75	7.65
#FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#104A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#415888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#923355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.183 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26aad',
    500: '#8d238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d238b;
$custom-light: #b26aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.132,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46773,
    "c": 0.18266,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D238B

secondary

#53B955

accent

#E34744

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D238B

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

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