#8E31C6#8E31C6

#8E31C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.220 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E31C6
RGB	rgb(142, 49, 198)
HSL	hsl(277, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 75.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.26, 62.26, -60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.26, 86.56, 315.99°)
OKLab	oklab(52.15% 0.1382 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(52.15% 0.22 309)
XYZ	xyz(22.4446, 12.0250, 54.5538)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E31C6 #69C631

analogous

#4431C6 #8E31C6 #C631B3

triadic

#8E31C6 #C68E31 #31C68E

tetradic

#8E31C6 #C64431 #69C631 #31B3C6

square

#8E31C6 #C64431 #69C631 #31B3C6

split-complementary

#8E31C6 #B3C631 #31C644

monochromatic

#481964 #6B2595 #8E31C6 #A95DD7 #C38EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#8E31C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8E31C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E31C6

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E31C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E31C6	1.00	6.17	3.41	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85557A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e31c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 49, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.220 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b473d8',
    500: '#8e31c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e31c6;
$custom-light: #b473d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e31c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.45,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52155,
    "c": 0.21958,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.12025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E31C6

secondary

#A0CE85

accent

#E34480

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E31C6

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

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