#8522B3#8522B3

#8522B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.214 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8522B3
RGB	rgb(133, 34, 179)
HSL	hsl(281, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(281, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 81%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.72, 61.91, -56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.72, 83.74, 317.67°)
OKLab	oklab(48.25% 0.1426 -0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(48.25% 0.214 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.3800, 9.3858, 43.4825)
Luminance	0.0939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8522B3 #50B322

analogous

#3D22B3 #8522B3 #B32298

triadic

#8522B3 #B38522 #22B385

tetradic

#8522B3 #B33D22 #50B322 #2298B3

square

#8522B3 #B33D22 #50B322 #2298B3

split-complementary

#8522B3 #98B322 #22B33D

monochromatic

#390E4C #5F1880 #8522B3 #A639D9 #BD6CE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#8522B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#8522B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8522B3

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8522B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8522B3	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F476C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8522b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 34, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.214 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae6acb',
    500: '#8522b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8522b3;
$custom-light: #ae6acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8522b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.966,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48254,
    "c": 0.21421,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8522B3

secondary

#87C968

accent

#EB3D74

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8522B3

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

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