#8D23A6#8D23A6

#8D23A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.205 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D23A6
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 166)
HSL	hsl(289, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(289, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 78.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.15, 60.50, -47.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.15, 77.15, 321.65°)
OKLab	oklab(48.52% 0.1544 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(48.52% 0.205 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.4676, 9.6189, 36.9529)
Luminance	0.0962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D23A6 #3CA623

analogous

#4C23A6 #8D23A6 #A6237D

triadic

#8D23A6 #A68D23 #23A68D

tetradic

#8D23A6 #A64C23 #3CA623 #237DA6

square

#8D23A6 #A64C23 #3CA623 #237DA6

split-complementary

#8D23A6 #7DA623 #23A64C

monochromatic

#370E41 #621873 #8D23A6 #B532D4 #C765DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#8D23A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#8D23A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D23A6

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D23A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D23A6	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C5BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D4064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d23a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.205 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26bc1',
    500: '#8d23a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d23a6;
$custom-light: #b26bc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d23a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.55,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48515,
    "c": 0.20479,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D23A6

secondary

#74C461

accent

#E84060

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D23A6

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

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