#8B31BB#8B31BB

#8B31BB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.208 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B31BB
RGB	rgb(139, 49, 187)
HSL	hsl(279, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(279, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 73.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.04, 59.35, -55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.04, 81.39, 316.82°)
OKLab	oklab(50.96% 0.1362 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(50.96% 0.208 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7137, 11.2739, 48.0890)
Luminance	0.1127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B31BB #61BB31

analogous

#4631BB #8B31BB #BB31A6

triadic

#8B31BB #BB8B31 #31BB8B

tetradic

#8B31BB #BB4631 #61BB31 #31A6BB

square

#8B31BB #BB4631 #61BB31 #31A6BB

split-complementary

#8B31BB #A6BB31 #31BB46

monochromatic

#43185A #67248B #8B31BB #A856D3 #C187E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#8B31BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#8B31BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B31BB

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B31BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B31BB	1.00	6.45	3.25	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1660B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855174

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b31bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 49, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.208 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b172d0',
    500: '#8b31bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b31bb;
$custom-light: #b172d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b31bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50957,
    "c": 0.20835,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B31BB

secondary

#99C97F

accent

#E2467C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B31BB

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

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