#8A52AD#8A52AD

#8A52AD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.147 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A52AD
RGB	rgb(138, 82, 173)
HSL	hsl(277, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(277, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 52.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.88, 40.05, -39.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.88, 56.40, 315.25°)
OKLab	oklab(54.16% 0.0959 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(54.16% 0.147 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0400, 14.4554, 41.2089)
Luminance	0.1446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A52AD #75AD52

analogous

#5D52AD #8A52AD #AD52A2

triadic

#8A52AD #AD8A52 #52AD8A

tetradic

#8A52AD #AD5D52 #75AD52 #52A2AD

square

#8A52AD #AD5D52 #75AD52 #52A2AD

split-complementary

#8A52AD #A2AD52 #52AD5D

monochromatic

#482B5A #693E83 #8A52AD #A67CC1 #C2A5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#8A52AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#8A52AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A52AD

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A52AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A52AD	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A67B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#866178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a52ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 82, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.147 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae84c6',
    500: '#8a52ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a52ad;
$custom-light: #ae84c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a52ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 35.686,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54155,
    "c": 0.14676,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A52AD

secondary

#A9C299

accent

#CC5C87

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5EFF8

border

#CFCAD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A52AD

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

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