#8D23A5#8D23A5

#8D23A5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.204 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D23A5
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 165)
HSL	hsl(289, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(289, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 78.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.08, 60.32, -47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.08, 76.70, 321.85°)
OKLab	oklab(48.45% 0.1545 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(48.45% 0.204 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3762, 9.5823, 36.4716)
Luminance	0.0958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D23A5 #3BA523

analogous

#4C23A5 #8D23A5 #A5237C

triadic

#8D23A5 #A58D23 #23A58D

tetradic

#8D23A5 #A54C23 #3BA523 #237CA5

square

#8D23A5 #A54C23 #3BA523 #237CA5

split-complementary

#8D23A5 #7CA523 #23A54C

monochromatic

#370E40 #621873 #8D23A5 #B632D3 #C864DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#8D23A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#8D23A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D23A5

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D23A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D23A5	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D5BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D3F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d23a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.204 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26bc0',
    500: '#8d23a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d23a5;
$custom-light: #b26bc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d23a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.923,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48446,
    "c": 0.20395,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D23A5

secondary

#73C460

accent

#E8405F

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D23A5

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

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