#8E31C7#8E31C7

#8E31C7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.221 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E31C7
RGB	rgb(142, 49, 199)
HSL	hsl(277, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 75.4%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.33, 62.47, -60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.33, 87.03, 315.87°)
OKLab	oklab(52.23% 0.138 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(52.23% 0.221 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5603, 12.0713, 55.1633)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E31C7 #6AC731

analogous

#4331C7 #8E31C7 #C731B5

triadic

#8E31C7 #C78E31 #31C78E

tetradic

#8E31C7 #C74331 #6AC731 #31B5C7

square

#8E31C7 #C74331 #6AC731 #31B5C7

split-complementary

#8E31C7 #B5C731 #31C743

monochromatic

#481965 #6B2596 #8E31C7 #A95ED7 #C38FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#8E31C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8E31C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E31C7

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E31C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E31C7	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85557A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e31c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 49, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.221 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b473d9',
    500: '#8e31c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e31c7;
$custom-light: #b473d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e31c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.2,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5223,
    "c": 0.22052,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E31C7

secondary

#A1CE86

accent

#E44481

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E31C7

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

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