#8B31C6#8B31C6

#8B31C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.219 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B31C6
RGB	rgb(139, 49, 198)
HSL	hsl(276, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(276, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 75.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.84, 61.71, -60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.84, 86.65, 315.41°)
OKLab	oklab(51.77% 0.1342 -0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(51.77% 0.219 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9367, 11.7631, 54.5300)
Luminance	0.1176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B31C6 #6CC631

analogous

#4131C6 #8B31C6 #C631B6

triadic

#8B31C6 #C68B31 #31C68B

tetradic

#8B31C6 #C64131 #6CC631 #31B6C6

square

#8B31C6 #C64131 #6CC631 #31B6C6

split-complementary

#8B31C6 #B6C631 #31C641

monochromatic

#461964 #692595 #8B31C6 #A75DD7 #C28EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#8B31C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8B31C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B31C6

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B31C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B31C6	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81557A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b31c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 49, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.219 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b272d8',
    500: '#8b31c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b31c6;
$custom-light: #b272d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b31c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.242,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51772,
    "c": 0.21878,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B31C6

secondary

#A2CE85

accent

#E34483

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B31C6

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

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