#8A31B7#8A31B7

#8A31B7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.204 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A31B7
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 183)
HSL	hsl(280, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(280, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 73.2%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.61, 58.30, -54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.61, 79.49, 317.18°)
OKLab	oklab(50.54% 0.1355 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(50.54% 0.204 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1252, 11.0193, 45.8573)
Luminance	0.1102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A31B7 #5EB731

analogous

#4731B7 #8A31B7 #B731A1

triadic

#8A31B7 #B78A31 #31B78A

tetradic

#8A31B7 #B74731 #5EB731 #31A1B7

square

#8A31B7 #B74731 #5EB731 #31A1B7

split-complementary

#8A31B7 #A1B731 #31B747

monochromatic

#411756 #662487 #8A31B7 #A754D1 #C084DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#8A31B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#8A31B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A31B7

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A31B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A31B7	1.00	6.55	3.20	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C5FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#844F71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a31b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.204 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b172cd',
    500: '#8a31b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a31b7;
$custom-light: #b172cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a31b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.851,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50537,
    "c": 0.20425,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A31B7

secondary

#96C87C

accent

#E1477B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A31B7

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

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