#8D23B4#8D23B4

#8D23B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.217 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D23B4
RGB	rgb(141, 35, 180)
HSL	hsl(284, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(284, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 80.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.13, 63.20, -54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.13, 83.54, 319.15°)
OKLab	oklab(49.51% 0.152 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(49.51% 0.217 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8224, 10.1608, 44.0882)
Luminance	0.1016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D23B4 #4AB423

analogous

#4423B4 #8D23B4 #B42393

triadic

#8D23B4 #B48D23 #23B48D

tetradic

#8D23B4 #B44423 #4AB423 #2393B4

square

#8D23B4 #B44423 #4AB423 #2393B4

split-complementary

#8D23B4 #93B423 #23B444

monochromatic

#3D0F4E #651981 #8D23B4 #AF3BD9 #C46EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.93

#8D23B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#8D23B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D23B4

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D23B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D23B4	1.00	6.93	3.03	6.93
#FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#165CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89476D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d23b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 35, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.217 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36ccb',
    500: '#8d23b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d23b4;
$custom-light: #b36ccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d23b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.862,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49514,
    "c": 0.21669,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D23B4

secondary

#83C969

accent

#EA3D6C

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#120813

muted

#817A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D23B4

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

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