#8A31B8#8A31B8

#8A31B8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.205 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A31B8
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 184)
HSL	hsl(280, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(280, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 73.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.68, 58.52, -54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.68, 79.97, 317.03°)
OKLab	oklab(50.61% 0.1353 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(50.61% 0.205 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2296, 11.0611, 46.4074)
Luminance	0.1106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A31B8 #5FB831

analogous

#4731B8 #8A31B8 #B831A2

triadic

#8A31B8 #B88A31 #31B88A

tetradic

#8A31B8 #B84731 #5FB831 #31A2B8

square

#8A31B8 #B84731 #5FB831 #31A2B8

split-complementary

#8A31B8 #A2B831 #31B847

monochromatic

#421757 #662488 #8A31B8 #A755D2 #C085DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#8A31B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#8A31B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A31B8

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A31B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A31B8	1.00	6.54	3.21	6.54
#FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A5FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845072

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a31b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.205 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b172ce',
    500: '#8a31b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a31b8;
$custom-light: #b172ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a31b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.556,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50609,
    "c": 0.2052,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A31B8

secondary

#96C87D

accent

#E1477B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A31B8

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

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