#8A31B5#8A31B5

#8A31B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.202 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A31B5
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 181)
HSL	hsl(280, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(280, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 72.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.47, 57.88, -53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.47, 78.53, 317.48°)
OKLab	oklab(50.39% 0.1358 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(50.39% 0.202 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9185, 10.9366, 44.7688)
Luminance	0.1094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A31B5 #5CB531

analogous

#4831B5 #8A31B5 #B5319E

triadic

#8A31B5 #B58A31 #31B58A

tetradic

#8A31B5 #B54831 #5CB531 #319EB5

square

#8A31B5 #B54831 #5CB531 #319EB5

split-complementary

#8A31B5 #9EB531 #31B548

monochromatic

#411755 #652485 #8A31B5 #A753D0 #C083DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#8A31B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#8A31B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A31B5

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A31B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A31B5	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#205FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#854E70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a31b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.202 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b072cc',
    500: '#8a31b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a31b5;
$custom-light: #b072cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a31b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.455,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50394,
    "c": 0.20235,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A31B5

secondary

#94C77B

accent

#E14779

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A31B5

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

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