#8B31C1#8B31C1

#8B31C1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.214 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B31C1
RGB	rgb(139, 49, 193)
HSL	hsl(278, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 74.6%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.47, 60.63, -58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.47, 84.26, 316.02°)
OKLab	oklab(51.4% 0.1352 -0.166)
OKLCH	oklch(51.4% 0.214 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3695, 11.5363, 51.5427)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B31C1 #67C131

analogous

#4331C1 #8B31C1 #C131AF

triadic

#8B31C1 #C18B31 #31C18B

tetradic

#8B31C1 #C14331 #67C131 #31AFC1

square

#8B31C1 #C14331 #67C131 #31AFC1

split-complementary

#8B31C1 #AFC131 #31C143

monochromatic

#45185F #682590 #8B31C1 #A75AD5 #C18BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#8B31C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8B31C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B31C1

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B31C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B31C1	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b31c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 49, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.214 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b272d5',
    500: '#8b31c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b31c1;
$custom-light: #b272d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b31c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51397,
    "c": 0.21404,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B31C1

secondary

#9ECC82

accent

#E34580

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110814

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B31C1

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

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