#8B31BC#8B31BC

#8B31BC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.209 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B31BC
RGB	rgb(139, 49, 188)
HSL	hsl(279, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(279, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 73.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.11, 59.56, -56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.11, 81.86, 316.68°)
OKLab	oklab(51.03% 0.136 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(51.03% 0.209 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8211, 11.3169, 48.6548)
Luminance	0.1132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B31BC #62BC31

analogous

#4631BC #8B31BC #BC31A8

triadic

#8B31BC #BC8B31 #31BC8B

tetradic

#8B31BC #BC4631 #62BC31 #31A8BC

square

#8B31BC #BC4631 #62BC31 #31A8BC

split-complementary

#8B31BC #A8BC31 #31BC46

monochromatic

#43185B #67248B #8B31BC #A757D3 #C188E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#8B31BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#8B31BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B31BC

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B31BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B31BC	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1360B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845174

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b31bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 49, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.209 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b272d1',
    500: '#8b31bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b31bc;
$custom-light: #b272d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b31bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.849,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51029,
    "c": 0.2093,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B31BC

secondary

#99CA7F

accent

#E2467D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B31BC

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

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