#8A72A7#8A72A7

#8A72A7 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.083 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72A7
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 167)
HSL	hsl(267, 23%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(267, 32%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 31.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, 20.19, -24.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 32.05, 309.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% 0.0475 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.083 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4722, 20.2280, 39.2196)
Luminance	0.2023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72A7 #8FA772

analogous

#7274A7 #8A72A7 #A472A7

triadic

#8A72A7 #A78A72 #72A78A

tetradic

#8A72A7 #A77274 #8FA772 #72A7A4

square

#8A72A7 #A77274 #8FA772 #72A7A4

split-complementary

#8A72A7 #A7A472 #74A772

monochromatic

#4E3D62 #6C5487 #8A72A7 #A998BF #C9BDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#8A72A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#8A72A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72A7

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72A7	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#867A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.083 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9ac1',
    500: '#8a72a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72a7;
$custom-light: #ad9ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.17,
    "s": 23.144,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59494,
    "c": 0.08337,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72A7

secondary

#BBC6AF

accent

#C06898

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72A7

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

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