#8B31E2#8B31E2

#8B31E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.245 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B31E2
RGB	rgb(139, 49, 226)
HSL	hsl(271, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 78.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.03, 67.92, -73.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.03, 99.99, 312.79°)
OKLab	oklab(53.99% 0.1275 -0.2097)
OKLCH	oklch(53.99% 0.245 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4699, 13.1764, 73.1382)
Luminance	0.1318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B31E2 #88E231

analogous

#3331E2 #8B31E2 #E231E1

triadic

#8B31E2 #E28B31 #31E28B

tetradic

#8B31E2 #E23331 #88E231 #31E1E2

square

#8B31E2 #E23331 #88E231 #31E1E2

split-complementary

#8B31E2 #E1E231 #31E233

monochromatic

#4D1386 #6C1ABB #8B31E2 #A967EA #C79CF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#8B31E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#8B31E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B31E2

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B31E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B31E2	1.00	5.78	3.64	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77618A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b31e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 49, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.245 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b474ec',
    500: '#8b31e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b31e2;
$custom-light: #b474ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b31e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.508,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53988,
    "c": 0.2454,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B31E2

secondary

#B7DD92

accent

#F23692

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F7EDFD

border

#D0C8D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B31E2

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

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