#85537E#85537E

#85537E is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.090 H 331.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85537E
RGB	rgb(133, 83, 126)
HSL	hsl(308, 23%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(308, 38%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.6%, 5.3%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.28, 27.91, -15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.28, 31.99, 330.73°)
OKLab	oklab(51.35% 0.0792 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(51.35% 0.09 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5318, 12.6802, 21.3113)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85537E #53855A

analogous

#735385 #85537E #855365

triadic

#85537E #7E8553 #537E85

tetradic

#85537E #857353 #53855A #536585

square

#85537E #857353 #53855A #536585

split-complementary

#85537E #658553 #538573

monochromatic

#3A2437 #5F3B5A #85537E #A6709E #BD95B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#85537E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#85537E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #85537E

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85537E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##85537E	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525F80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E667C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#895663

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85537e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 83, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.090 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a984a3',
    500: '#85537e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85537e;
$custom-light: #a984a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85537e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.4,
    "s": 23.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51352,
    "c": 0.08972,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85537E

secondary

#8AAA8E

accent

#C07468

background

#FAF8FA

surface

#F4EFF3

border

#CECACD

text

#100B0F

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #85537E

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

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