#8B31B7#8B31B7

#8B31B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.205 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B31B7
RGB	rgb(139, 49, 183)
HSL	hsl(280, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(280, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 73.2%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.76, 58.50, -53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.76, 79.47, 317.40°)
OKLab	oklab(50.67% 0.1368 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(50.67% 0.205 312)
XYZ	xyz(20.2914, 11.1050, 45.8651)
Luminance	0.1110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B31B7 #5DB731

analogous

#4831B7 #8B31B7 #B731A0

triadic

#8B31B7 #B78B31 #31B78B

tetradic

#8B31B7 #B74831 #5DB731 #31A0B7

square

#8B31B7 #B74831 #5DB731 #31A0B7

split-complementary

#8B31B7 #A0B731 #31B748

monochromatic

#421756 #662487 #8B31B7 #A854D1 #C184DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#8B31B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#8B31B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B31B7

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B31B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B31B7	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)

#0059BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E5FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#864F71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b31b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 49, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.205 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b172cd',
    500: '#8b31b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b31b7;
$custom-light: #b172cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b31b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.299,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50668,
    "c": 0.20457,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.11104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B31B7

secondary

#95C87C

accent

#E14779

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B31B7

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

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