#8E31C8#8E31C8

#8E31C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.221 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E31C8
RGB	rgb(142, 49, 200)
HSL	hsl(277, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 75.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.40, 62.69, -61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.40, 87.51, 315.75°)
OKLab	oklab(52.31% 0.1378 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(52.31% 0.221 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6768, 12.1179, 55.7768)
Luminance	0.1212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E31C8 #6BC831

analogous

#4331C8 #8E31C8 #C831B7

triadic

#8E31C8 #C88E31 #31C88E

tetradic

#8E31C8 #C84331 #6BC831 #31B7C8

square

#8E31C8 #C84331 #6BC831 #31B7C8

split-complementary

#8E31C8 #B7C831 #31C843

monochromatic

#481966 #6B2597 #8E31C8 #A95FD8 #C390E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#8E31C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8E31C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E31C8

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E31C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E31C8	1.00	6.13	3.42	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85567B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e31c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 49, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.221 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b473da',
    500: '#8e31c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e31c8;
$custom-light: #b473da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e31c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.954,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52305,
    "c": 0.22146,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E31C8

secondary

#A2CE86

accent

#E44481

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E31C8

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

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