#8524B4#8524B4

#8524B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.213 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8524B4
RGB	rgb(133, 36, 180)
HSL	hsl(280, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(280, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 80%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.01, 61.48, -56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.01, 83.50, 317.41°)
OKLab	oklab(48.48% 0.1409 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(48.48% 0.213 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5404, 9.5441, 44.0367)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8524B4 #53B424

analogous

#3D24B4 #8524B4 #B4249B

triadic

#8524B4 #B48524 #24B485

tetradic

#8524B4 #B43D24 #53B424 #249BB4

square

#8524B4 #B43D24 #53B424 #249BB4

split-complementary

#8524B4 #9BB424 #24B43D

monochromatic

#3A104E #5F1A81 #8524B4 #A63DD8 #BD70E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#8524B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#8524B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8524B4

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8524B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8524B4	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F486D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8524b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 36, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.213 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae6bcb',
    500: '#8524b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8524b4;
$custom-light: #ae6bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8524b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.417,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48484,
    "c": 0.21331,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8524B4

secondary

#8AC96B

accent

#EA3E76

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8524B4

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

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