#8D23A8#8D23A8

#8D23A8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.206 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D23A8
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 168)
HSL	hsl(288, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(288, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 79.2%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.29, 60.88, -48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.29, 78.06, 321.26°)
OKLab	oklab(48.65% 0.1541 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(48.65% 0.206 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.6524, 9.6928, 37.9266)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D23A8 #3EA823

analogous

#4B23A8 #8D23A8 #A82380

triadic

#8D23A8 #A88D23 #23A88D

tetradic

#8D23A8 #A84B23 #3EA823 #2380A8

square

#8D23A8 #A84B23 #3EA823 #2380A8

split-complementary

#8D23A8 #80A823 #23A84B

monochromatic

#380E43 #621875 #8D23A8 #B434D5 #C766DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#8D23A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#8D23A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D23A8

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D23A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D23A8	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A5BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d23a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.206 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36bc3',
    500: '#8d23a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d23a8;
$custom-light: #b36bc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d23a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.82,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48654,
    "c": 0.20648,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D23A8

secondary

#76C562

accent

#E83F62

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D23A8

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

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