#8E31BC#8E31BC

#8E31BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.210 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E31BC
RGB	rgb(142, 49, 188)
HSL	hsl(280, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(280, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 73.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.54, 60.14, -55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.54, 81.80, 317.32°)
OKLab	oklab(51.42% 0.14 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(51.42% 0.21 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3291, 11.5788, 48.6786)
Luminance	0.1158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E31BC #5FBC31

analogous

#4931BC #8E31BC #BC31A5

triadic

#8E31BC #BC8E31 #31BC8E

tetradic

#8E31BC #BC4931 #5FBC31 #31A5BC

square

#8E31BC #BC4931 #5FBC31 #31A5BC

split-complementary

#8E31BC #A5BC31 #31BC49

monochromatic

#45185B #69248B #8E31BC #AA57D3 #C388E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#8E31BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#8E31BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E31BC

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E31BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E31BC	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B61B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885174

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e31bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 49, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.210 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b472d1',
    500: '#8e31bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e31bc;
$custom-light: #b472d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e31bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.144,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51422,
    "c": 0.21022,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E31BC

secondary

#98CA7F

accent

#E2467A

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120914

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E31BC

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

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