#8E23C2#8E23C2

#8E23C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.229 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E23C2
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 194)
HSL	hsl(280, 69%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(280, 82%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 82%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.32, 66.15, -60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.32, 89.94, 317.35°)
OKLab	oklab(50.71% 0.1502 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(50.71% 0.229 311)
XYZ	xyz(21.4921, 10.8484, 51.9903)
Luminance	0.1085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E23C2 #57C223

analogous

#3E23C2 #8E23C2 #C223A7

triadic

#8E23C2 #C28E23 #23C28E

tetradic

#8E23C2 #C23E23 #57C223 #23A7C2

square

#8E23C2 #C23E23 #57C223 #23A7C2

split-complementary

#8E23C2 #A7C223 #23C23E

monochromatic

#42105A #681A8E #8E23C2 #AB45DD #C379E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#8E23C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#8E23C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E23C2

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E23C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E23C2	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#874D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e23c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.229 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56dd5',
    500: '#8e23c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e23c2;
$custom-light: #b56dd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e23c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.377,
    "s": 69.432,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50707,
    "c": 0.22902,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.10848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E23C2

secondary

#90CE72

accent

#EC3C75

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120814

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E23C2

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

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