#8A31C4#8A31C4

#8A31C4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.217 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A31C4
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 196)
HSL	hsl(276, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(276, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 75%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.55, 61.10, -60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.55, 85.73, 315.45°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% 0.1333 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.217 308)
XYZ	xyz(21.5413, 11.5857, 53.3153)
Luminance	0.1158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A31C4 #6BC431

analogous

#4131C4 #8A31C4 #C431B4

triadic

#8A31C4 #C48A31 #31C48A

tetradic

#8A31C4 #C44131 #6BC431 #31B4C4

square

#8A31C4 #C44131 #6BC431 #31B4C4

split-complementary

#8A31C4 #B4C431 #31C441

monochromatic

#451962 #682593 #8A31C4 #A65CD6 #C18DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#8A31C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#8A31C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A31C4

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A31C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A31C4	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#815579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a31c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.217 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b172d7',
    500: '#8a31c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a31c4;
$custom-light: #b172d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a31c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.327,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51494,
    "c": 0.21661,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.11585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A31C4

secondary

#A1CD84

accent

#E34583

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110814

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A31C4

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

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