#8A31A8#8A31A8

#8A31A8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.190 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A31A8
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 168)
HSL	hsl(285, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(285, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 70.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.60, 55.19, -46.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.60, 72.33, 319.73°)
OKLab	oklab(49.49% 0.1373 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(49.49% 0.19 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6463, 10.4278, 38.0687)
Luminance	0.1043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A31A8 #4FA831

analogous

#4E31A8 #8A31A8 #A8318A

triadic

#8A31A8 #A88A31 #31A88A

tetradic

#8A31A8 #A84E31 #4FA831 #318AA8

square

#8A31A8 #A84E31 #4FA831 #318AA8

split-complementary

#8A31A8 #8AA831 #31A84E

monochromatic

#3C1549 #632379 #8A31A8 #AB4CCB #C17BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#8A31A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#8A31A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A31A8

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A31A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A31A8	1.00	6.81	3.09	6.81
#FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#315DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884969

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a31a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.190 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b071c2',
    500: '#8a31a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a31a8;
$custom-light: #b071c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a31a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.874,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49493,
    "c": 0.19009,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A31A8

secondary

#87C174

accent

#DE4A6F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A31A8

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

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