#8C31BA#8C31BA

#8C31BA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.208 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C31BA
RGB	rgb(140, 49, 186)
HSL	hsl(280, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(280, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 73.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.11, 59.33, -54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.11, 80.89, 317.18°)
OKLab	oklab(51.02% 0.1377 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(51.02% 0.208 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7748, 11.3178, 47.5350)
Luminance	0.1132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C31BA #5FBA31

analogous

#4731BA #8C31BA #BA31A3

triadic

#8C31BA #BA8C31 #31BA8C

tetradic

#8C31BA #BA4731 #5FBA31 #31A3BA

square

#8C31BA #BA4731 #5FBA31 #31A3BA

split-complementary

#8C31BA #A3BA31 #31BA47

monochromatic

#431759 #68248A #8C31BA #A956D2 #C186DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#8C31BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#8C31BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C31BA

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C31BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C31BA	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B60B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865073

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c31ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 49, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.208 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b272d0',
    500: '#8c31ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c31ba;
$custom-light: #b272d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c31ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.854,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51015,
    "c": 0.20772,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C31BA

secondary

#97C97E

accent

#E2467A

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C31BA

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

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