#8523A4#8523A4

#8523A4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.200 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8523A4
RGB	rgb(133, 35, 164)
HSL	hsl(286, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(286, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 78.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.73, 58.58, -49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.73, 76.39, 320.08°)
OKLab	oklab(47.22% 0.1448 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(47.22% 0.2 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9737, 8.8696, 35.9327)
Luminance	0.0887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8523A4 #42A423

analogous

#4423A4 #8523A4 #A42383

triadic

#8523A4 #A48523 #23A485

tetradic

#8523A4 #A44423 #42A423 #2383A4

square

#8523A4 #A44423 #42A423 #2383A4

split-complementary

#8523A4 #83A423 #23A444

monochromatic

#330D3F #5C1872 #8523A4 #AC31D3 #C064DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.57

#8523A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#8523A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8523A4

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8523A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8523A4	1.00	7.57	2.77	7.57
#FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2257A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#834063

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8523a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 35, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.200 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad6ac0',
    500: '#8523a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8523a4;
$custom-light: #ad6ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8523a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.581,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47218,
    "c": 0.20014,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8523A4

secondary

#78C360

accent

#E84068

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8523A4

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

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