#8A52BE#8A52BE

#8A52BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.167 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A52BE
RGB	rgb(138, 82, 190)
HSL	hsl(271, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 56.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.85, 44.05, -48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.85, 65.23, 312.48°)
OKLab	oklab(55.18% 0.0969 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(55.18% 0.167 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7908, 15.1557, 50.4299)
Luminance	0.1516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A52BE #86BE52

analogous

#5452BE #8A52BE #BE52BC

triadic

#8A52BE #BE8A52 #52BE8A

tetradic

#8A52BE #BE5452 #86BE52 #52BCBE

square

#8A52BE #BE5452 #86BE52 #52BCBE

split-complementary

#8A52BE #BCBE52 #52BE54

monochromatic

#4C296D #6B3A99 #8A52BE #A87ECF #C6ABDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#8A52BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#8A52BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A52BE

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A52BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A52BE	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#296BC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E6DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a52be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 82, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.167 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af85d2',
    500: '#8a52be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a52be;
$custom-light: #af85d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a52be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55181,
    "c": 0.16669,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A52BE

secondary

#B5CD9F

accent

#D55391

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110B14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A52BE

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

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