#8E31B9#8E31B9

#8E31B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.207 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E31B9
RGB	rgb(142, 49, 185)
HSL	hsl(281, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(281, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 73.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.33, 59.51, -54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.33, 80.38, 317.77°)
OKLab	oklab(51.21% 0.1404 -0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(51.21% 0.207 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.0090, 11.4508, 46.9931)
Luminance	0.1145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E31B9 #5CB931

analogous

#4A31B9 #8E31B9 #B931A0

triadic

#8E31B9 #B98E31 #31B98E

tetradic

#8E31B9 #B94A31 #5CB931 #31A0B9

square

#8E31B9 #B94A31 #5CB931 #31A0B9

split-complementary

#8E31B9 #A0B931 #31B94A

monochromatic

#441758 #692489 #8E31B9 #AB55D2 #C386DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#8E31B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#8E31B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E31B9

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E31B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E31B9	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2161B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894F73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e31b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 49, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.207 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b372cf',
    500: '#8e31b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e31b9;
$custom-light: #b372cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e31b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.029,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51208,
    "c": 0.20742,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E31B9

secondary

#95C87D

accent

#E14677

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120814

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E31B9

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

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