#8E31BA#8E31BA

#8E31BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.208 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E31BA
RGB	rgb(142, 49, 186)
HSL	hsl(281, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(281, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 73.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.40, 59.72, -54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.40, 80.85, 317.62°)
OKLab	oklab(51.28% 0.1403 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(51.28% 0.208 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1150, 11.4932, 47.5510)
Luminance	0.1149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E31BA #5DBA31

analogous

#4931BA #8E31BA #BA31A1

triadic

#8E31BA #BA8E31 #31BA8E

tetradic

#8E31BA #BA4931 #5DBA31 #31A1BA

square

#8E31BA #BA4931 #5DBA31 #31A1BA

split-complementary

#8E31BA #A1BA31 #31BA49

monochromatic

#441759 #69248A #8E31BA #AA56D2 #C386DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#8E31BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#8E31BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E31BA

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E31BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E31BA	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F61B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#895073

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e31ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 49, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.208 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b372cf',
    500: '#8e31ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e31ba;
$custom-light: #b372cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e31ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.73,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51279,
    "c": 0.20835,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E31BA

secondary

#96C97E

accent

#E24678

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120814

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E31BA

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

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