#8520B4#8520B4

#8520B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.217 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8520B4
RGB	rgb(133, 32, 180)
HSL	hsl(281, 70%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(281, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 82.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.58, 62.72, -57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.58, 84.89, 317.64°)
OKLab	oklab(48.19% 0.1438 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(48.19% 0.217 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4260, 9.3154, 43.9986)
Luminance	0.0931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8520B4 #4FB420

analogous

#3B20B4 #8520B4 #B42099

triadic

#8520B4 #B48520 #20B485

tetradic

#8520B4 #B43B20 #4FB420 #2099B4

square

#8520B4 #B43B20 #4FB420 #2099B4

split-complementary

#8520B4 #99B420 #20B43B

monochromatic

#380E4C #5F1780 #8520B4 #A736DB #BE6AE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#8520B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#8520B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8520B4

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8520B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8520B4	1.00	7.33	2.86	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F476C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8520b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 32, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.217 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae6acb',
    500: '#8520b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8520b4;
$custom-light: #ae6acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8520b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.946,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48185,
    "c": 0.21679,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8520B4

secondary

#86CA66

accent

#ED3B74

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8520B4

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

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