#8B31C0#8B31C0

#8B31C0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.213 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B31C0
RGB	rgb(139, 49, 192)
HSL	hsl(278, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 74.5%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.40, 60.42, -58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.40, 83.78, 316.15°)
OKLab	oklab(51.32% 0.1353 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(51.32% 0.213 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2583, 11.4918, 50.9572)
Luminance	0.1149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B31C0 #66C031

analogous

#4331C0 #8B31C0 #C031AE

triadic

#8B31C0 #C08B31 #31C08B

tetradic

#8B31C0 #C04331 #66C031 #31AEC0

square

#8B31C0 #C04331 #66C031 #31AEC0

split-complementary

#8B31C0 #AEC031 #31C043

monochromatic

#44185E #68258F #8B31C0 #A759D5 #C18AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#8B31C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#8B31C0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B31C0

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B31C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B31C0	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0460BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b31c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 49, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.213 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b272d4',
    500: '#8b31c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b31c0;
$custom-light: #b272d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b31c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.762,
    "s": 59.336,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51323,
    "c": 0.21309,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B31C0

secondary

#9DCB82

accent

#E34580

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110814

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B31C0

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

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