#8522B5#8522B5

#8522B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.216 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8522B5
RGB	rgb(133, 34, 181)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(280, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 81.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.87, 62.32, -57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.87, 84.68, 317.39°)
OKLab	oklab(48.41% 0.1422 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(48.41% 0.216 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5838, 9.4673, 44.5555)
Luminance	0.0947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8522B5 #52B522

analogous

#3B22B5 #8522B5 #B5229C

triadic

#8522B5 #B58522 #22B585

tetradic

#8522B5 #B53B22 #52B522 #229CB5

square

#8522B5 #B53B22 #52B522 #229CB5

split-complementary

#8522B5 #9CB522 #22B53B

monochromatic

#390F4E #5F1881 #8522B5 #A63ADA #BD6EE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#8522B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#8522B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8522B5

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8522B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8522B5	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F486D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8522b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 34, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.216 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae6acc',
    500: '#8522b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8522b5;
$custom-light: #ae6acc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8522b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.408,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48408,
    "c": 0.21598,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8522B5

secondary

#89CA69

accent

#EB3D76

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8522B5

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

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