#8F238E#8F238E

#8F238E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.186 H 328.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F238E
RGB	rgb(143, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(301, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(301, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 0.7%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.98, 56.63, -35.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.98, 66.65, 328.17°)
OKLab	oklab(47.27% 0.1585 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(47.27% 0.186 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8110, 8.9959, 26.4369)
Luminance	0.0900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F238E #238F24

analogous

#5A238F #8F238E #8F2358

triadic

#8F238E #8E8F23 #238E8F

tetradic

#8F238E #8F5A23 #238F24 #23588F

square

#8F238E #8F5A23 #238F24 #23588F

split-complementary

#8F238E #588F23 #238F5A

monochromatic

#2D0B2C #5E175D #8F238E #C02FBF #D657D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#8F238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#8F238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F238E

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F238E	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D4C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42598B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#943457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.186 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36aaf',
    500: '#8f238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f238e;
$custom-light: #b36aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.556,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47265,
    "c": 0.18602,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F238E

secondary

#54BA55

accent

#E44544

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F238E

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

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