#8D238D#8D238D

#8D238D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.184 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D238D
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(300, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(300, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.58, 56.01, -35.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.58, 66.16, 327.85°)
OKLab	oklab(46.89% 0.1563 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(46.89% 0.184 328)
XYZ	xyz(16.3931, 8.7891, 26.0272)
Luminance	0.0879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D238D #238D23

analogous

#58238D #8D238D #8D2358

triadic

#8D238D #8D8D23 #238D8D

tetradic

#8D238D #8D5823 #238D23 #23588D

square

#8D238D #8D5823 #238D23 #23588D

split-complementary

#8D238D #588D23 #238D58

monochromatic

#2B0B2B #5C175C #8D238D #BE2FBE #D555D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62

#8D238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#8D238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D238D

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D238D	1.00	7.62	2.76	7.62
#FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C4B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40588A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#923456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.184 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26aaf',
    500: '#8d238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d238d;
$custom-light: #b26aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46893,
    "c": 0.18424,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.08788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D238D

secondary

#53B953

accent

#E34444

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D238D

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

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