#8A31E8#8A31E8

#8A31E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.251 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A31E8
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 232)
HSL	hsl(269, 80%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 78.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.40, 69.14, -76.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.40, 102.88, 312.22°)
OKLab	oklab(54.37% 0.1244 -0.2179)
OKLCH	oklch(54.37% 0.251 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1413, 13.4258, 77.5425)
Luminance	0.1343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A31E8 #8FE831

analogous

#3134E8 #8A31E8 #E531E8

triadic

#8A31E8 #E88A31 #31E88A

tetradic

#8A31E8 #E83134 #8FE831 #31E8E5

square

#8A31E8 #E83134 #8FE831 #31E8E5

split-complementary

#8A31E8 #E8E531 #34E831

monochromatic

#4E108F #6B16C6 #8A31E8 #A968EE #C99FF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#8A31E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#8A31E8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A31E8

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A31E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A31E8	1.00	5.70	3.69	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73648D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a31e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.251 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b474f1',
    500: '#8a31e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a31e8;
$custom-light: #b474f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a31e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.18,
    "s": 79.913,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54371,
    "c": 0.25096,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A31E8

secondary

#BBE194

accent

#F63197

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F7EDFD

border

#D0C8D5

text

#120917

muted

#817B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A31E8

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

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