#8A31B9#8A31B9

#8A31B9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.206 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A31B9
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 185)
HSL	hsl(279, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(279, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 73.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.75, 58.73, -54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.75, 80.45, 316.89°)
OKLab	oklab(50.68% 0.1352 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(50.68% 0.206 311)
XYZ	xyz(20.3348, 11.1032, 46.9615)
Luminance	0.1110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A31B9 #60B931

analogous

#4631B9 #8A31B9 #B931A4

triadic

#8A31B9 #B98A31 #31B98A

tetradic

#8A31B9 #B94631 #60B931 #31A4B9

square

#8A31B9 #B94631 #60B931 #31A4B9

split-complementary

#8A31B9 #A4B931 #31B946

monochromatic

#421758 #662489 #8A31B9 #A755D2 #C086DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#8A31B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#8A31B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A31B9

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A31B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A31B9	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#185FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845073

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a31b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.206 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b172cf',
    500: '#8a31b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a31b9;
$custom-light: #b172cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a31b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.265,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50681,
    "c": 0.20615,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.11103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A31B9

secondary

#97C87D

accent

#E1467C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A31B9

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

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