#8B31CE#8B31CE

#8B31CE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.226 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B31CE
RGB	rgb(139, 49, 206)
HSL	hsl(274, 62%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(274, 76%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 76.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.44, 63.46, -64.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.44, 90.48, 314.54°)
OKLab	oklab(52.39% 0.1325 -0.1835)
OKLCH	oklch(52.39% 0.226 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8839, 12.1420, 59.5186)
Luminance	0.1214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B31CE #74CE31

analogous

#3C31CE #8B31CE #CE31C3

triadic

#8B31CE #CE8B31 #31CE8B

tetradic

#8B31CE #CE3C31 #74CE31 #31C3CE

square

#8B31CE #CE3C31 #74CE31 #31C3CE

split-complementary

#8B31CE #C3CE31 #31CE3C

monochromatic

#48196B #6A259D #8B31CE #A762DA #C394E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#8B31CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#8B31CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B31CE

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B31CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B31CE	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F597E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b31ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 49, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.226 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b373de',
    500: '#8b31ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b31ce;
$custom-light: #b373de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b31ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.395,
    "s": 61.569,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52386,
    "c": 0.22638,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B31CE

secondary

#A8D18A

accent

#E54388

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B31CE

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

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