#8A72A2#8A72A2

#8A72A2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.077 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72A2
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 162)
HSL	hsl(270, 21%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 30%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 29.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, 19.03, -22.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 29.32, 310.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.0461 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.077 307)
XYZ	xyz(23.0189, 20.0467, 36.8321)
Luminance	0.2005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72A2 #8AA272

analogous

#7272A2 #8A72A2 #A272A2

triadic

#8A72A2 #A28A72 #72A28A

tetradic

#8A72A2 #A27272 #8AA272 #72A2A2

square

#8A72A2 #A27272 #8AA272 #72A2A2

split-complementary

#8A72A2 #A2A272 #72A272

monochromatic

#4D3D5D #6B5581 #8A72A2 #A997BA #C7BCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#8A72A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#8A72A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72A2

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72A2	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#697BA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#877983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.077 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9abd',
    500: '#8a72a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72a2;
$custom-light: #ac9abd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 20.513,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5927,
    "c": 0.07657,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.20047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72A2

secondary

#B8C2AE

accent

#BD6B94

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72A2

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