#8B31E8#8B31E8

#8B31E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.251 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B31E8
RGB	rgb(139, 49, 232)
HSL	hsl(270, 80%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 79%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 78.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.52, 69.28, -75.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.52, 102.83, 312.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.49% 0.1258 -0.2173)
OKLCH	oklch(54.49% 0.251 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3076, 13.5115, 77.5503)
Luminance	0.1351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B31E8 #8EE831

analogous

#3133E8 #8B31E8 #E631E8

triadic

#8B31E8 #E88B31 #31E88B

tetradic

#8B31E8 #E83133 #8EE831 #31E8E6

square

#8B31E8 #E83133 #8EE831 #31E8E6

split-complementary

#8B31E8 #E8E631 #33E831

monochromatic

#4E108F #6C16C6 #8B31E8 #AA68EE #C99FF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#8B31E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#8B31E8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B31E8

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B31E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B31E8	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75648D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b31e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 49, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.251 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b574f1',
    500: '#8b31e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b31e8;
$custom-light: #b574f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b31e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.508,
    "s": 79.913,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54486,
    "c": 0.25109,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B31E8

secondary

#BBE194

accent

#F63196

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F7EDFD

border

#D0C8D5

text

#120917

muted

#817B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B31E8

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

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