#831B8E#831B8E

#831B8E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.188 H 323.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#831B8E
RGB	rgb(131, 27, 142)
HSL	hsl(294, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(294, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 81%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.06, 56.54, -39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.06, 69.22, 324.76°)
OKLab	oklab(44.79% 0.1518 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(44.79% 0.188 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.6341, 7.5631, 26.2750)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#831B8E #268E1B

analogous

#491B8E #831B8E #8E1B5F

triadic

#831B8E #8E831B #1B8E83

tetradic

#831B8E #8E491B #268E1B #1B5F8E

square

#831B8E #8E491B #268E1B #1B5F8E

split-complementary

#831B8E #5F8E1B #1B8E49

monochromatic

#240727 #54115B #831B8E #B225C1 #CE47DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#831B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#831B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #831B8E

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##831B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##831B8E	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#31528B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#853255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #831b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 27, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.188 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab66b0',
    500: '#831b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #831b8e;
$custom-light: #ab66b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#831b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.261,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4479,
    "c": 0.18837,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#831B8E

secondary

#52BE47

accent

#EB3D4E

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F5EBF5

border

#CFC6CF

text

#110610

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #831B8E

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

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