#8521B2#8521B2

#8521B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.214 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8521B2
RGB	rgb(133, 33, 178)
HSL	hsl(281, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(281, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 81.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.54, 62.02, -56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.54, 83.62, 317.87°)
OKLab	oklab(48.1% 0.1436 -0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(48.1% 0.214 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.2511, 9.2891, 42.9424)
Luminance	0.0929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8521B2 #4EB221

analogous

#3D21B2 #8521B2 #B22197

triadic

#8521B2 #B28521 #21B285

tetradic

#8521B2 #B23D21 #4EB221 #2197B2

square

#8521B2 #B23D21 #4EB221 #2197B2

split-complementary

#8521B2 #97B221 #21B23D

monochromatic

#380E4B #5E177E #8521B2 #A736DA #BE6AE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#8521B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#8521B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8521B2

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8521B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8521B2	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F466B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8521b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 33, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.214 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae6aca',
    500: '#8521b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8521b2;
$custom-light: #ae6aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8521b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.379,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48103,
    "c": 0.2142,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8521B2

secondary

#84C966

accent

#EC3C73

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8521B2

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

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