#8A31A6#8A31A6

#8A31A6 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.188 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A31A6
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 166)
HSL	hsl(286, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(286, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 70.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.47, 54.78, -45.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.47, 71.39, 320.12°)
OKLab	oklab(49.36% 0.1374 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(49.36% 0.188 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.4615, 10.3538, 37.0950)
Luminance	0.1035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A31A6 #4DA631

analogous

#5031A6 #8A31A6 #A63188

triadic

#8A31A6 #A68A31 #31A68A

tetradic

#8A31A6 #A65031 #4DA631 #3188A6

square

#8A31A6 #A65031 #4DA631 #3188A6

split-complementary

#8A31A6 #88A631 #31A650

monochromatic

#3B1547 #632377 #8A31A6 #AB4ACA #C17AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#8A31A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#8A31A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A31A6

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A31A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A31A6	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#335DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a31a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.188 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b071c1',
    500: '#8a31a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a31a6;
$custom-light: #b071c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a31a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.641,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4936,
    "c": 0.18821,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A31A6

secondary

#85C073

accent

#DE4A6D

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A31A6

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

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