#8D23B3#8D23B3

#8D23B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.216 H 314.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D23B3
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 179)
HSL	hsl(284, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(284, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 80.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.06, 63.00, -54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.06, 83.08, 319.31°)
OKLab	oklab(49.44% 0.1522 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(49.44% 0.216 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7209, 10.1202, 43.5537)
Luminance	0.1012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D23B3 #49B323

analogous

#4523B3 #8D23B3 #B32391

triadic

#8D23B3 #B38D23 #23B38D

tetradic

#8D23B3 #B34523 #49B323 #2391B3

square

#8D23B3 #B34523 #49B323 #2391B3

split-complementary

#8D23B3 #91B323 #23B345

monochromatic

#3C0F4D #651980 #8D23B3 #AF3BD9 #C46EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#8D23B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#8D23B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D23B3

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D23B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D23B3	1.00	6.94	3.02	6.94
#FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#195CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A466C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d23b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.216 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36ccb',
    500: '#8d23b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d23b3;
$custom-light: #b36ccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d23b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.167,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49441,
    "c": 0.21583,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D23B3

secondary

#82C969

accent

#EA3E6B

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#120813

muted

#817A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D23B3

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

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