#8C31BC#8C31BC

#8C31BC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.210 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C31BC
RGB	rgb(140, 49, 188)
HSL	hsl(279, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(279, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 73.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.25, 59.75, -55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.25, 81.84, 316.89°)
OKLab	oklab(51.16% 0.1373 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(51.16% 0.21 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9889, 11.4034, 48.6626)
Luminance	0.1140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C31BC #61BC31

analogous

#4731BC #8C31BC #BC31A7

triadic

#8C31BC #BC8C31 #31BC8C

tetradic

#8C31BC #BC4731 #61BC31 #31A7BC

square

#8C31BC #BC4731 #61BC31 #31A7BC

split-complementary

#8C31BC #A7BC31 #31BC47

monochromatic

#44185B #68248B #8C31BC #A857D3 #C188E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#8C31BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#8C31BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C31BC

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C31BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C31BC	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1660B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865174

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c31bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 49, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.210 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b272d1',
    500: '#8c31bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c31bc;
$custom-light: #b272d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c31bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.281,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5116,
    "c": 0.2096,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C31BC

secondary

#99CA7F

accent

#E2467C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C31BC

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

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