#8A31A5#8A31A5

#8A31A5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.187 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A31A5
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 165)
HSL	hsl(286, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(286, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 70.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.41, 54.58, -45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.41, 70.91, 320.32°)
OKLab	oklab(49.29% 0.1375 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(49.29% 0.187 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3701, 10.3173, 36.6138)
Luminance	0.1032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A31A5 #4CA531

analogous

#5031A5 #8A31A5 #A53186

triadic

#8A31A5 #A58A31 #31A58A

tetradic

#8A31A5 #A55031 #4CA531 #3186A5

square

#8A31A5 #A55031 #4CA531 #3186A5

split-complementary

#8A31A5 #86A531 #31A550

monochromatic

#3B1547 #632376 #8A31A5 #AC4AC9 #C179D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#8A31A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#8A31A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A31A5

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A31A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A31A5	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#345DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894867

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a31a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.187 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b071c0',
    500: '#8a31a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a31a5;
$custom-light: #b071c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a31a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.034,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49293,
    "c": 0.18727,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A31A5

secondary

#84C072

accent

#DE4A6D

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A31A5

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

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