#8B31BA#8B31BA

#8B31BA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.207 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B31BA
RGB	rgb(139, 49, 186)
HSL	hsl(279, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(279, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 73.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.97, 59.14, -55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.97, 80.91, 316.96°)
OKLab	oklab(50.88% 0.1363 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(50.88% 0.207 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6070, 11.2313, 47.5272)
Luminance	0.1123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B31BA #60BA31

analogous

#4631BA #8B31BA #BA31A4

triadic

#8B31BA #BA8B31 #31BA8B

tetradic

#8B31BA #BA4631 #60BA31 #31A4BA

square

#8B31BA #BA4631 #60BA31 #31A4BA

split-complementary

#8B31BA #A4BA31 #31BA46

monochromatic

#431759 #67248A #8B31BA #A856D2 #C186DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#8B31BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#8B31BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B31BA

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B31BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B31BA	1.00	6.47	3.25	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1860B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855073

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b31ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 49, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.207 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b172d0',
    500: '#8b31ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b31ba;
$custom-light: #b172d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b31ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.416,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50884,
    "c": 0.2074,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B31BA

secondary

#98C97E

accent

#E2467C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B31BA

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

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