#8E31B4#8E31B4

#8E31B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.203 H 314.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E31B4
RGB	rgb(142, 49, 180)
HSL	hsl(283, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(283, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 72.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.99, 58.48, -51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.99, 78.01, 318.56°)
OKLab	oklab(50.86% 0.1411 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(50.86% 0.203 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.4905, 11.2434, 44.2620)
Luminance	0.1124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E31B4 #57B431

analogous

#4C31B4 #8E31B4 #B43199

triadic

#8E31B4 #B48E31 #31B48E

tetradic

#8E31B4 #B44C31 #57B431 #3199B4

square

#8E31B4 #B44C31 #57B431 #3199B4

split-complementary

#8E31B4 #99B431 #31B44C

monochromatic

#421754 #682484 #8E31B4 #AB52D0 #C382DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#8E31B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#8E31B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E31B4

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E31B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E31B4	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2960B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e31b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 49, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.203 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b372cb',
    500: '#8e31b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e31b4;
$custom-light: #b372cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e31b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.595,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50856,
    "c": 0.20276,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E31B4

secondary

#90C67B

accent

#E04774

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E31B4

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

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