#8F237E#8F237E

#8F237E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.174 H 335.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F237E
RGB	rgb(143, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(309, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(309, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 11.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.10, 54.04, -26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.10, 60.25, 333.77°)
OKLab	oklab(46.35% 0.1579 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(46.35% 0.174 335.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.6948, 8.5495, 20.5582)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F237E #238F34

analogous

#6A238F #8F237E #8F2348

triadic

#8F237E #7E8F23 #237E8F

tetradic

#8F237E #8F6A23 #238F34 #23488F

square

#8F237E #8F6A23 #238F34 #23488F

split-complementary

#8F237E #488F23 #238F6A

monochromatic

#2D0B27 #5E1753 #8F237E #C02FA9 #D657C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#8F237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#8F237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F237E

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F237E	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#234880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A587B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#962C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.174 335.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36aa3',
    500: '#8f237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f237e;
$custom-light: #b36aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.444,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46354,
    "c": 0.17384,
    "h": 335.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F237E

secondary

#54BA64

accent

#E45D44

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F237E

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

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