#8E31E2#8E31E2

#8E31E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.246 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E31E2
RGB	rgb(142, 49, 226)
HSL	hsl(272, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 78.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.42, 68.38, -72.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.42, 99.83, 313.23°)
OKLab	oklab(54.34% 0.1317 -0.2077)
OKLCH	oklch(54.34% 0.246 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9778, 13.4383, 73.1620)
Luminance	0.1344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E31E2 #85E231

analogous

#3631E2 #8E31E2 #E231DE

triadic

#8E31E2 #E28E31 #31E28E

tetradic

#8E31E2 #E23631 #85E231 #31DEE2

square

#8E31E2 #E23631 #85E231 #31DEE2

split-complementary

#8E31E2 #DEE231 #31E236

monochromatic

#4F1386 #6F1ABB #8E31E2 #AB67EA #C99CF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#8E31E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#8E31E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E31E2

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E31E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E31E2	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C618A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e31e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 49, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.246 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b674ec',
    500: '#8e31e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e31e2;
$custom-light: #b674ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e31e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.525,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54342,
    "c": 0.2459,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E31E2

secondary

#B5DD92

accent

#F2368F

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F7EDFD

border

#D0C8D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E31E2

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

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