All About Color #8A5AB5

#8A5AB5

About #8A5AB5

#8A5AB5 is a medium purple color with the hex code #8A5AB5. In RGB it is red 138, green 90, blue 181; in HSL it is hue 272°, saturation 38%, lightness 53%; in CMYK it is 24%, 50%, 0%, 29%. Its contrast ratio is 4.99:1 on white and 4.21:1 on black.

#8A5AB5 Color Conversion

Hex triplet8A, 5A, B5
CMYK23.76%, 50.28%, 0.00%, 29.02%
RGB Decimal138, 90, 181
HSL272°, 38%, 53%
RGB Octal212, 132, 265
HSV (HSB)271.65°, 50.28%, 70.98%
RGB Binary10001010, 1011010, 10110101
CIE-L*AB47.04, 37.47, -40.97
RGB Percent54.12%, 35.29%, 70.98%
CIE-L*CH47.04, 55.52, 312.44
XYZ22.48, 16.05, 45.63
CIE-L*UV47.04, 16.43, -65.61
xyY0.27, 0.19, 16.05
Hunter-Lab40.06, 30.03, -39.48
RYB54.12%, 35.29%, 70.98%

Color Accessibility Scores

#8A5AB5 on a dark background: contrast 4.21:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#8A5AB5 on a light background: contrast 4.99:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #8A5AB5, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#8A5AB5 · #B799D1 · #5C377B · #84B55A · #B3D199

Analogous palette

#5A84B5 · #5D5AB5 · #8A5AB5 · #B55AB2 · #B55A84

Triadic palette

#8A5AB5 · #B58A5A · #5AB58A · #B799D1 · #D1B799

Tetradic palette

#8A5AB5 · #B55D5A · #84B55A · #5AB2B5 · #5C377B

Monochromatic palette

#3C2451 · #633C86 · #8A5AB5 · #AF8ECC · #D5C3E4

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