#8521B4#8521B4

#8521B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.216 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8521B4
RGB	rgb(133, 33, 180)
HSL	hsl(281, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(281, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 81.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.69, 62.42, -57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.69, 84.55, 317.58°)
OKLab	oklab(48.26% 0.1431 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(48.26% 0.216 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4534, 9.3700, 44.0077)
Luminance	0.0937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8521B4 #50B421

analogous

#3B21B4 #8521B4 #B4219A

triadic

#8521B4 #B48521 #21B485

tetradic

#8521B4 #B43B21 #50B421 #219AB4

square

#8521B4 #B43B21 #50B421 #219AB4

split-complementary

#8521B4 #9AB421 #21B43B

monochromatic

#390E4D #5F1880 #8521B4 #A638DA #BD6BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#8521B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#8521B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8521B4

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8521B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8521B4	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	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: #8521b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 33, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.216 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae6acb',
    500: '#8521b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8521b4;
$custom-light: #ae6acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8521b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.816,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48257,
    "c": 0.21595,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8521B4

secondary

#87CA67

accent

#EC3C74

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8521B4

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

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