#8E23D4#8E23D4

#8E23D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.245 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E23D4
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 212)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(276, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 83.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.75, 69.84, -69.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.75, 98.22, 315.31°)
OKLab	oklab(52.14% 0.1453 -0.1968)
OKLCH	oklch(52.14% 0.245 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6374, 11.7066, 63.2889)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E23D4 #69D423

analogous

#3523D4 #8E23D4 #D423C1

triadic

#8E23D4 #D48E23 #23D48E

tetradic

#8E23D4 #D43523 #69D423 #23C1D4

square

#8E23D4 #D43523 #69D423 #23C1D4

split-complementary

#8E23D4 #C1D423 #23D435

monochromatic

#48126B #6B1A9F #8E23D4 #A952E2 #C386EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#8E23D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#8E23D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E23D4

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E23D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E23D4	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81557F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e23d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.245 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66ee2',
    500: '#8e23d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e23d4;
$custom-light: #b66ee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e23d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.271,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52136,
    "c": 0.24462,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E23D4

secondary

#A0D47E

accent

#EE3981

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F7EDFC

border

#D0C8D5

text

#120816

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E23D4

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

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