#8A31B4#8A31B4

#8A31B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.201 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A31B4
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 180)
HSL	hsl(281, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(281, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 72.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.40, 57.67, -52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.40, 78.05, 317.63°)
OKLab	oklab(50.32% 0.1359 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(50.32% 0.201 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8163, 10.8958, 44.2304)
Luminance	0.1090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A31B4 #5BB431

analogous

#4831B4 #8A31B4 #B4319D

triadic

#8A31B4 #B48A31 #31B48A

tetradic

#8A31B4 #B44831 #5BB431 #319DB4

square

#8A31B4 #B44831 #5BB431 #319DB4

split-complementary

#8A31B4 #9DB431 #31B448

monochromatic

#401754 #652484 #8A31B4 #A852D0 #C082DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#8A31B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#8A31B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A31B4

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A31B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A31B4	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#225FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#854E70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a31b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.201 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b072cb',
    500: '#8a31b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a31b4;
$custom-light: #b072cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a31b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.763,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50322,
    "c": 0.2014,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A31B4

secondary

#93C67B

accent

#E04778

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A31B4

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

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