#8A31A9#8A31A9

#8A31A9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.191 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A31A9
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 169)
HSL	hsl(285, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(285, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 71%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.66, 55.39, -47.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.66, 72.81, 319.53°)
OKLab	oklab(49.56% 0.1372 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(49.56% 0.191 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7399, 10.4652, 38.5613)
Luminance	0.1046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A31A9 #50A931

analogous

#4E31A9 #8A31A9 #A9318C

triadic

#8A31A9 #A98A31 #31A98A

tetradic

#8A31A9 #A94E31 #50A931 #318CA9

square

#8A31A9 #A94E31 #50A931 #318CA9

split-complementary

#8A31A9 #8CA931 #31A94E

monochromatic

#3D154A #63237A #8A31A9 #AA4CCB #C17CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.79

#8A31A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#8A31A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A31A9

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A31A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A31A9	1.00	6.79	3.09	6.79
#FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#305DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88496A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a31a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.191 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b071c3',
    500: '#8a31a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a31a9;
$custom-light: #b071c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a31a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49561,
    "c": 0.19102,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A31A9

secondary

#88C174

accent

#DE4970

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A31A9

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

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