#8D238E#8D238E

#8D238E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.185 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D238E
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(299, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(299, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.63, 56.18, -35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.63, 66.58, 327.55°)
OKLab	oklab(46.95% 0.1563 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(46.95% 0.185 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.4678, 8.8190, 26.4208)
Luminance	0.0882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D238E #248E23

analogous

#57238E #8D238E #8E235A

triadic

#8D238E #8E8D23 #238E8D

tetradic

#8D238E #8E5723 #248E23 #235A8E

square

#8D238E #8E5723 #248E23 #235A8E

split-complementary

#8D238E #5A8E23 #238E57

monochromatic

#2B0B2C #5C175D #8D238E #BE2FBF #D456D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#8D238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#8D238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D238E

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D238E	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#094B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40588B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#913457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.185 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26aaf',
    500: '#8d238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d238e;
$custom-light: #b26aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.439,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46954,
    "c": 0.18504,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D238E

secondary

#54B953

accent

#E44446

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D238E

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

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